# Install tlsx with Homebrew, Nix Fast and configurable TLS grabber focused on TLS based data collection. Version 1.2.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tlsx ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tlsx ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tlsx ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tl/tlsx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tlsx - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.2.2 - **Source summary:** Fast and configurable TLS grabber focused on TLS based data collection - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - tlsx (cli) - tlsx (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## 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: 1.2.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/tlsx - Upstream latest detected: v1.2.2 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage tlsx is a ProjectDiscovery command-line TLS data gathering and analysis tool. Its official README describes it as a fast, configurable TLS grabber for collecting and analyzing TLS-based data. ### Project history The project belongs to the ProjectDiscovery security-tooling ecosystem rather than to the older Unix system-administration lineage. The README positions it around practical TLS reconnaissance features: multiple connection modes, certificate fields, TLS version and cipher inspection, JARM and JA3 fingerprints, and misconfiguration checks. The tool has broadened beyond one-shot host probing. Current official documentation also describes Certificate Transparency log streaming, allowing tlsx to act as a near-real-time feed of newly issued certificates and host metadata. ### Adoption history In package-manager terms, tlsx is still a specialist security package: the supplied source facts list Homebrew and Nix packages, matching its audience of operators who compose recon tools from the shell rather than installing a desktop scanner. ### How it is used The documented usage model is pipeline-friendly. tlsx accepts hosts, IPs, CIDRs, ASNs, URLs, ports, and files; emits text or JSON; and the README explicitly demonstrates piping certificate-derived names into dnsx and httpx for follow-on discovery. Common package-nerd use is to install it as a small CLI in a security toolbox, feed it asset lists, and use JSON lines with jq or other ProjectDiscovery tools for automation. ### Why package nerds care tlsx matters to package-focused CLI users because it turns TLS inspection into a composable Unix-style command. Its value is less about being a general TLS library and more about packaging certificate, cipher, fingerprint, and CT-log collection behind one installable executable. ### Timeline - 2022: Official README examples showed tlsx v0.0.1 output and JSON scan records. - 2025: GitHub release notes for v1.2.0 documented Certificate Transparency log streaming support. - 2026: The batch source facts list tlsx in Homebrew and Nix. ### Related projects - ProjectDiscovery dnsx and httpx are shown in the tlsx README as downstream tools for filtering discovered DNS names and probing active web services. - The README acknowledges zcrypto, cfssl, and ciphersuite.info as supporting components for TLS modes and cipher classification. ### Sources - - - input.source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tlsx - **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 - tlsx: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tl/tlsx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gnutls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gnutls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssl, tls. - [libressl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libressl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssl, tls. - [nss](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nss/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, tls. - [stunnel](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stunnel/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssl, tls. - [wolfssl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wolfssl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssl, tls. - [gsan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gsan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, tls. - [pwncat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pwncat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, security. - [botan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/botan/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, tls. - [havn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/havn/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, configurable, fast, network, network-scanner. - [masscan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/masscan/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, network, network-scanner, scanner, security. - [rustscan](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rustscan/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, network, network-scanner, scanner, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tlsx.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/tlsx.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