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Install httpflow with Homebrew
Packet capture and analysis utility similar to tcpdump for HTTP. Version 0.0.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Packet capture and analysis utility similar to tcpdump for HTTP
Project links
Commands and aliases
- httpflow
history
Project history and usage
httpflow is a small command-line packet capture utility for dumping HTTP request and response streams from live interfaces or saved pcap data.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in 2017 and describes the project as a command-line utility for capturing and dumping HTTP streams. Its README presents version 0.0.9 in the usage text and documents release binaries alongside source builds.
Adoption history
The project is packaged by Homebrew in this batch and documents Homebrew installation in its own README. Linux use is framed as a source build against zlib, libpcap, and PCRE.
How it is used
httpflow can listen on an interface, read packets from a pcap file, accept tcpdump-style capture expressions, filter URLs with a regular expression, read packet data from standard input, and write captured HTTP request and response data to a directory.
Why package nerds care
The package is interesting as a focused bridge between packet capture tooling and HTTP debugging: less general than Wireshark or tshark, but easier to script when the desired artifact is the HTTP stream itself.
Timeline
- 2017: The public GitHub repository was created.
- 2017: Tag 0.0.1 points at a February 25 commit.
- 2020: Tag 0.0.9 points at a May 7 commit.
Related projects
- Related tools include tcpdump, libpcap, pcap-filter, Wireshark, tshark, and other HTTP-specific capture utilities.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: red
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal.
Risk classifier
red risk · medium confidence · escape-surveillance-offensive
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- escape, surveillance, or offensive capability signal
Signals
- text:http
- text:packet capture
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
httpflow | 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 version0.0.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.0.9
https://github.com/six-ddc/httpflow
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:httpflow |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/httpflow |
| Homepage | https://github.com/six-ddc/httpflow |
| Repository | https://github.com/six-ddc/httpflow |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/six-ddc/httpflow |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/six-ddc/httpflow/archive/refs/tags/0.0.9.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | pcre |
| Uses from macOS | libpcap |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | httpflow |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | yes |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment