install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install glider

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install glider

MacPorts ports tree · net/glider/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#glider

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gl/glider/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S glider

Arch Linux sync databases · glider · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Forward proxy with multiple protocols support

Project links

Commands and aliases

glider

history

Project history and usage

glider is a Go-based forward proxy and protocol-conversion tool with DNS, DHCP, routing-rule, health-check, and load-balancing features. Its history is best documented by its GitHub repository and README rather than by a separate project-history site.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in July 2017 and describes glider as a forward proxy with support for multiple protocols plus DNS, DHCP, and ipset management features. The project developed around one executable that can listen locally and forward traffic through one or more upstream forwarders.

Adoption history

glider's adoption appears in package-manager availability across Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Arch-derived systems, plus binary and Docker distribution from the upstream README. Its appeal is strongest for users who want a compact proxy chain tool rather than a full appliance.

How it is used

Practitioners run `glider` with `-listen`, `-forward`, and optional `-config` arguments. Common setups create HTTP or SOCKS5 listeners, chain forwarders, select failover or latency strategies, serve DNS through proxy rules, or use Linux redirect and tproxy modes.

Because proxy URLs may embed user names, passwords, certificates, and upstream endpoints, the package's config file can also serve as a credential-bearing file in managed installations.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, glider is a self-contained Go networking binary with many runtime modes and few packaging surfaces. The main thing to preserve is the CLI behavior, service config path, and protocol support advertised by upstream.

Timeline

2017: GitHub repository created.
2010s: Project grew around proxy listeners, chained forwarders, DNS forwarding, and ipset features.
2020s: README documented broader protocol support including HTTP, SOCKS, Shadowsocks, Trojan, VLESS, VMess, SSH, TCP, UDP, TLS, KCP, WebSocket, and Linux redirect modes.

Related projects

glider overlaps with SOCKS and HTTP proxy tools, dnsmasq-style DNS/DHCP setups, Shadowsocks-family clients, and Linux transparent-proxy routing tools.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 10 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: /etc/glider/glider.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: /etc/glider/glider.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`glider`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.16.4

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.16.4

https://github.com/nadoo/glider

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:glider
Version	0.16.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glider
Homepage	https://github.com/nadoo/glider
Repository	https://github.com/nadoo/glider
Upstream docs	https://github.com/nadoo/glider#readme
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/nadoo/glider/archive/refs/tags/v0.16.4.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	glider
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

glider

nix profile install nixpkgs#glider

normalized package name match
Matched by: Glider

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glider/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

glider 0.16.4-1

A forward proxy with multiple protocols support

https://github.com/nadoo/glider

sudo pacman -S glider

License: GPL
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glider

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: glider from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

glider

sudo port install glider

normalized package name match
Matched by: Glider

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/glider/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/glider.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install glider with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman