# Install mapproxy with Homebrew, apt, Nix Accelerating web map proxy. Version 6.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mapproxy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mapproxy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mapproxy ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mapproxy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mapproxy ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mapproxy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mapproxy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 6.1.1 - **Source summary:** Accelerating web map proxy - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:54+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mapproxy-seed (cli) - mapproxy-util (cli) - mapproxy-seed (alias) - mapproxy-util (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - geos - libyaml - numpy - pillow - proj - python@3.14 - rpds-py ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 - libxslt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 6.1.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://mapproxy.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage MapProxy is a Python-based geospatial proxy, tile cache, and WMS/WMTS/TMS service layer used to cache, transform, and accelerate map services. ### Project history The official MapProxy site describes the project as an open-source proxy for geospatial data that caches, accelerates, and transforms data from existing map services for desktop and web GIS clients. Its GitHub repository was created in April 2012, but the official release notes show the project already had 0.x and 1.x history before the current GitHub era. MapProxy's feature set grew around practical web mapping operations: WMS sources, WMTS and TMS output, MapServer and Mapnik configurations, Google/Bing-compatible tile sources, ArcGIS REST sources, reprojection, tile storage backends, watermarks, and cache seeding. Later release notes show it adding cache backends such as SQLite and Riak, dimensions for WMTS, digest authentication for source requests, and eventually semver-based release management. By 2026 the project had reached the 6.x line, with official GitHub releases for 6.0.0 in October 2025 and 6.1.1 in June 2026. That long maintenance arc is important in GIS packaging because organizations often run map caches as quiet infrastructure for years. ### Adoption history MapProxy's adoption follows the deployment pattern of GIS infrastructure: it is installed next to web servers, WSGI servers, WMS sources, and tile caches rather than used as a desktop app. The official deployment docs describe local development with mapproxy-util serve-develop and production deployment either embedded in a web server or behind an HTTP server or proxy. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix packages. Combined with the official pip installation instructions, that shows the project is consumed through both Python packaging and system package managers. ### How it is used MapProxy is configured with two main YAML files: mapproxy.yaml for server behavior, layers, sources, caches, grids, and services, and seed.yaml for the mapproxy-seed tool. The official docs show mapproxy-util create for generating starter configs and mapproxy-util serve-develop for local testing. Package users typically care about the CLI entry points mapproxy-util and mapproxy-seed, because those cover the lifecycle of generating a configuration, running a development server, pre-filling tile caches, and deploying the WSGI app behind Apache, nginx, Varnish, or another production front end. ### Why package nerds care MapProxy matters to package indexes because it is glue: it bridges old and new OGC services, tile formats, cache stores, and web deployment models. That kind of package is not glamorous, but it reduces repeated custom proxy code in GIS shops. It also illustrates a common packaging story for Python infrastructure: installable from pip, but still useful as an OS package because operators want stable command names, service integration, and reproducible deployment dependencies. ### Timeline - 2012: Current GitHub repository created. - 2013: MapProxy 1.6.0 released with additional cache and WMTS-related features. - 2025: MapProxy 6.0.0 released. - 2026: MapProxy 6.1.1 released. ### Related projects - MapProxy can use MapServer and Mapnik configurations as sources or related rendering infrastructure. - It commonly works with OGC WMS, WMTS, and TMS clients and with web servers or HTTP proxies for deployment. ### Sources - - - - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: mapproxy.yaml, seed.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mapproxy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mapproxy - 4.0.2+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mapproxy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | open source proxy for geospatial data | http://mapproxy.org/ - Debian apt - python3-mapproxy - 4.0.2+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-mapproxy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | open source proxy for geospatial data - Python 3 module | http://mapproxy.org/ - Nix - mapproxy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mapproxy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mapproxy - 2.0.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mapproxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | open source proxy for geospatial data | http://mapproxy.org/ - Ubuntu apt - mapproxy-doc - 2.0.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mapproxy-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | open source proxy for geospatial data - documentation | http://mapproxy.org/ - Ubuntu apt - python3-mapproxy - 2.0.2+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-mapproxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | open source proxy for geospatial data - Python 3 module | http://mapproxy.org/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [geos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geos/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [numpy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/numpy/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [proj](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/proj/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [geoserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geoserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis, wms. - [gdal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [h3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/h3/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [libgeotiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgeotiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [mapnik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mapnik/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [mapserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mapserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [postgis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/postgis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. - [shapelib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shapelib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, geospatial, gis. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mapproxy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mapproxy.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