# Install meek with Homebrew, apk, Nix, pacman Blocking-resistant pluggable transport for Tor. Version 0.38.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:meek ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install meek ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add meek ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: meek from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#meek ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/meek/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S meek ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: meek from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:meek - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.38.0 - **Source summary:** Blocking-resistant pluggable transport for Tor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** CC0-1.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - meek-client (cli) - meek-server (cli) - meek-client (alias) - meek-server (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.38.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.torproject.org - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage meek is a Tor pluggable transport designed to resist blocking by encoding traffic as HTTPS requests and responses reflected through hard-to-block third-party web services. Its README identifies domain fronting as the key trick behind the transport. ### Project history The official tag history reaches back to 0.0 in February 2014 and 0.1 in March 2014, with David Fifield as the author on early commits. The current Tor GitLab project was created in June 2020 as part of Tor's anti-censorship pluggable-transports namespace, preserving a project with older history. The README explains the architecture: `meek-client` runs on the censored client, `meek-server` runs on a Tor relay, and reflector components for App Engine, nginx, PHP, WSGI, and browser-extension helpers make HTTPS traffic look like allowed web traffic. ### Adoption history meek's adoption is tied to Tor Browser's censorship-circumvention workflow, where pluggable transports help users connect when direct Tor access is blocked. The Tor support documentation keeps circumvention guidance under Tor Browser support, while the package input shows meek available in Homebrew, Alpine, Nix, and Arch. Its deployment history is also shaped by changing support for domain fronting among large providers, so meek is best understood as one member of Tor's anti-censorship transport family rather than a general-purpose proxy. ### How it is used Users normally encounter meek through Tor pluggable-transport configuration rather than by hand-running it. The README documents direct client usage with `meek-client --url=... --front=...`, server-side `meek-server`, and helper components for reflector services and browser-based TLS camouflage. ### Why package nerds care meek is significant because it packages anti-censorship research into small Unix-style client and server binaries. For packagers, it is a privacy-networking tool whose value comes from predictable executable names, Tor integration, and minimal visible configuration rather than from broad standalone CLI features. ### Timeline - 2014: Official tag 0.0 is created in February, followed by 0.1 in March. - 2020: Current Tor GitLab project is created in the anti-censorship pluggable-transports namespace. - 2022: Official tag v0.38.0 is created. ### Related projects - meek is part of Tor's pluggable-transport ecosystem and relates to Tor Browser, Tor bridges, domain fronting, App Engine reflectors, nginx/PHP/WSGI reflectors, and browser-extension TLS camouflage. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** meek - **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 - meek: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/meek/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - meek - 0.38.0-r23: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: meek from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Pluggable transport proxy written in Go | https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek - apk - meek-doc - 0.38.0-r23: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: meek-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Pluggable transport proxy written in Go (documentation) | https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek - apk - meek-server - 0.38.0-r23: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: meek-server from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | meek pluggable transport proxy server | https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek - pacman - meek - 0.38.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: meek from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A pluggable transport proxy written in Go | https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/meek ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [snowflake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/snowflake/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [obfs4proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/obfs4proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: censorship-circumvention, cli, networking, pluggable-transport, privacy. - [onioncat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/onioncat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, privacy, tor. - [spot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: anti-censorship, cli, networking, privacy. - [torsocks](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/torsocks/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, privacy, tor. - [dnscrypt-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnscrypt-proxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, privacy. - [i2p](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/i2p/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, privacy. - [i2pd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/i2pd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, privacy. - [tor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tor/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, networking, privacy, tor. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/meek.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/meek.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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