# Install glider with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman Forward proxy with multiple protocols support. Version 0.16.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:glider ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install glider ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install glider ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/glider/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#glider ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glider/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S glider ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: glider from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:glider - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.16.4 - **Source summary:** Forward proxy with multiple protocols support - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - glider (cli) - glider (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.16.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/nadoo/glider - Upstream latest detected: v0.16.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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 - Unix: /etc/glider/glider.conf ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/glider/glider.conf ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - glider: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glider/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - glider - 0.16.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: glider from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A forward proxy with multiple protocols support | https://github.com/nadoo/glider - MacPorts - glider: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/glider/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ctrld](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctrld/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dns, networking, proxy. - [gost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking, proxy. - [microsocks](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/microsocks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks5. - [mihomo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mihomo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking, proxy. - [obfs4proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/obfs4proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking, proxy. - [shadowsocks-libev](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shadowsocks-libev/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks5. - [shadowsocks-rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shadowsocks-rust/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, socks5. - [trojan-go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trojan-go/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, networking, proxy. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/glider.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/glider.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph