install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install hysteria

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install hysteria

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

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#hysteria

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

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/hysteria

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/hysteria.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id apernet.Hysteria -e

Windows Package Manager source index · apernet.Hysteria · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Feature-packed proxy & relay tool optimized for lossy, unstable connections

Project links

Commands and aliases

hysteria

history

Project history and usage

Hysteria is a proxy and relay tool built around a customized QUIC protocol, designed for high performance on unreliable or lossy networks and for traffic that can masquerade as HTTP/3.

Project history

The GitHub release history begins in 2020 with the original v0.x line. The README presents Hysteria as a fast, censorship-resistant proxy with SOCKS5, HTTP proxy, TCP and UDP forwarding, Linux TProxy, TUN mode, custom authentication, traffic statistics, and access control.

Hysteria 2 arrived as `app/v2.0.0` in September 2023. The protocol documentation describes the v2 protocol as a TCP and UDP proxy based on QUIC for speed, security, and censorship resistance; release notes after v2 added masquerade servers, Android builds, congestion-control work, port hopping, ACME improvements, sharing links, mTLS, and Realms NAT traversal.

Adoption history

Hysteria is packaged by Homebrew and appears in MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget metadata. Its docs also provide a Linux deployment script, Docker images, and cross-platform release binaries, which made it attractive to self-hosters and network operators working across desktop, server, and mobile environments.

How it is used

Operators configure a server and client with YAML files, commonly named `config.yaml`, and choose modes such as SOCKS5, HTTP proxy, TCP/UDP forwarding, TProxy, or TUN. Hysteria's appeal is strongest where packet loss, mobile links, congested Wi-Fi, long-distance routes, or censorship make ordinary proxy transports perform poorly.

Why package nerds care

Hysteria is notable because it packages modern transport ideas into a single deployable CLI: QUIC, HTTP/3 masquerading, congestion control tuning, port hopping, ACME, QR/share links, Docker images, and platform-native package-manager entries. For networking package nerds, it is a concrete example of censorship-resistance tooling becoming a routine `brew install` artifact.

Timeline

2020: v0.0.1 appeared in GitHub release metadata.
2023: app/v2.0.0 was published as the first Hysteria v2 release.
2024: v2.5.0 added ACME DNS challenge support and protocol sniffing.
2025: v2.6.x added sharing links, mTLS, and QUIC/TLS behavior changes.
2026: v2.9.x introduced Hysteria Realms NAT traversal and additional obfuscation work.

Related projects

Hysteria belongs near QUIC-based and censorship-resistance proxy tools such as TUIC, sing-box, Clash-compatible clients, and other HTTP/3 or UDP-focused relay systems.

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 6 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: ./config.yaml
Windows: .\config.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ./config.yaml
Windows: .\config.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`hysteria`	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 version2.9.3

manager updated2026-06-27

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedapp/v2.9.3

https://github.com/apernet/hysteria

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:hysteria
Version	2.9.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hysteria
Homepage	https://hysteria.network/
Repository	https://github.com/apernet/hysteria
Upstream docs	https://hysteria.network/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/apernet/hysteria/archive/refs/tags/app/v2.9.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-27T09:33:07Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	hysteria
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%

hysteria

nix profile install nixpkgs#hysteria

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hysteria

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

MacPorts95%

hysteria

sudo port install hysteria

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hysteria

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

Scoop95%

extras/hysteria

scoop install extras/hysteria

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hysteria

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/hysteria.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

apernet.Hysteria

winget install --id apernet.Hysteria -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hysteria

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: apernet.Hysteria from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/hysteria.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 hysteria with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget