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Install openiothub-server with Homebrew

Server for OpenIoTHub. Version 1.2.25 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install openiothub-server

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Server for OpenIoTHub

Commands and aliases

  • openiothub-server
  • server-go

history

Project history and usage

openiothub-server packages server-go, the OpenIoTHub traffic-forwarding server. It is a small Go server for self-hosting the relay side of OpenIoTHub, a platform for reaching network services and IoT devices behind NAT or firewalls.

Project history

The server belongs to the OpenIoTHub ecosystem rather than standing alone as a general tunnel product. The main OpenIoTHub repository describes the platform as a free IoT and private-cloud platform for remote access to services and devices, while the server-go README says ordinary users do not need to deploy this relay unless they want a self-hosted forwarding server.

Adoption history

The project appears to be niche: its own documentation frames the server as an advanced or optional component, and Homebrew formerly packaged it under the upstream name server-go before exposing it as openiothub-server. Distribution support is practical rather than broad-community historical evidence: the upstream README documents Homebrew, Snap, Scoop, deb/rpm downloads, manual binaries, shell install, and Docker.

How it is used

Operators run openiothub-server when they want their OpenIoTHub gateway to connect to a self-built relay. The configuration covers TCP, UDP/KCP, TLS, gRPC, HTTP, HTTPS, a login key, certificates, logging, public host information, and optional Redis persistence for HTTP proxy configuration.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, the interesting detail is the naming and deployment shape: a Go tunnel/relay server published through several binary channels, renamed by Homebrew from server-go to openiothub-server, and useful mostly to users who already understand the rest of the OpenIoTHub client and gateway stack.

Related projects

  • The closest related OpenIoTHub components are the OpenIoTHub client app and gateway-go, the LAN-side gateway that receives access requests.

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service
  • text:server

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
openiothub-servercliglobal executable
server-gocliglobal 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 version1.2.25
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/OpenIoTHub/server-go

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:openiothub-server
Version1.2.25
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openiothub-server
Homepagehttps://github.com/OpenIoTHub/server-go
Repositoryhttps://github.com/OpenIoTHub/server-go
Upstream docshttps://github.com/OpenIoTHub/server-go#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/OpenIoTHub/server-go.git
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameopeniothub-server
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gateway-goShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, iot, networking.
  • tuntoxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, nat-traversal, networking, tunneling.
  • jprqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling.
  • libcoapShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, iot, networking.
  • localtunnelShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling.
  • pgrokShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, tunneling.

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.

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