# Install traefik with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Modern reverse proxy. Version 3.7.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:traefik ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install traefik ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install traefik ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/traefik/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add traefik ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: traefik from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#traefik ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/traefik/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S traefik ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: traefik from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install traefik ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: traefik from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/traefik ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/traefik.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:traefik - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.7.6 - **Source summary:** Modern reverse proxy - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-30T13:03:34Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - traefik (cli) - traefik (alias) ## Build dependencies - corepack - go - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.7.6 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-30 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/traefik/traefik - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Traefik is a Go-based reverse proxy and load balancer created for dynamic infrastructure. Its package history tracks the rise of Docker, orchestrators, service discovery, Kubernetes, and cloud-native ingress patterns. ### Project history The official README describes Traefik as a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that integrates with infrastructure components such as Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, Rancher, and Amazon ECS. Its central idea is that pointing Traefik at an orchestrator or service registry should be the main configuration step. The GitHub repository was created on September 13, 2015. Official release metadata shows v1.0.0 published on July 5, 2016, v2.0.0 on September 16, 2019, and v3.0.0 on April 29, 2024. The README documents semantic-versioned releases and migration guidance for major upgrades. Traefik's design split static install configuration from dynamic routing configuration. Official configuration docs explain that routing configuration can come from providers and can be hot-reloaded without request interruption, a feature that matched containerized deployments where services appear, disappear, and scale frequently. ### Adoption history Traefik spread with Docker and Kubernetes because it replaced hand-maintained reverse-proxy configuration with provider-driven routing. Its README lists Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, ECS, and File providers, and highlights automatic dynamic configuration, Let's Encrypt integration, metrics, access logs, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSocket support, and a web UI. For package managers, Traefik became a standard single-binary infrastructure tool. The input facts show packages across Homebrew, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and openSUSE, reflecting use by developers who want to run or test cloud-native routing locally without installing a full platform stack. ### How it is used Users run traefik as a daemon or container, point it at a provider such as Docker or Kubernetes, and let it derive routes from service metadata. The official README examples show running a downloaded binary with a sample TOML config or running the official Docker image with a mounted config file. The official configuration docs say startup configuration can be supplied by a configuration file, command-line arguments, or environment variables. Configuration files named traefik.yml, traefik.yaml, or traefik.toml are searched in /etc/traefik, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $HOME/.config, and the working directory unless configFile overrides the path. ### Why package nerds care Traefik is package-nerd relevant because it is a large, real-world Go network service that still behaves like a portable command-line binary. Formula maintainers care about config-file defaults, service wrappers, shell completion, reproducible builds, and keeping major-version migrations visible to local developers. It is also a canonical example of a package whose usefulness is not only the executable, but the integration surface: Docker labels, Kubernetes CRDs, ACME storage, metrics backends, and provider configuration all make the packaging boundary matter. ### Timeline - 2015: GitHub repository created. - 2016: v1.0.0 released. - 2019: v2.0.0 released with a major configuration generation change noted by the official docs. - 2024: v3.0.0 released. - 2026: v3.7.0 appears in official GitHub release metadata. ### Related projects - Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, Consul, Etcd, Rancher, Amazon ECS, and File providers are named in the official README as integration targets. - Let's Encrypt, Prometheus, Datadog, StatsD, and InfluxDB are named in the official README as common operational integrations. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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: /etc/traefik/traefik.yml, /etc/traefik/traefik.yaml, /etc/traefik/traefik.toml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/traefik.yml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/traefik.yaml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/traefik.toml, ~/.config/traefik.yml, ~/.config/traefik.yaml, ~/.config/traefik.toml, ./traefik.yml, ./traefik.yaml, ./traefik.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** traefik - **Aliases:** traefik@3 - **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 - traefik: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/traefik/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - traefik - 3.7.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: traefik from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Cloud Native Edge Router | https://traefik.io/ - apk - traefik-doc - 3.7.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: traefik-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Cloud Native Edge Router (documentation) | https://traefik.io/ - apk - traefik-openrc - 3.7.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: traefik-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | The Cloud Native Edge Router (OpenRC init scripts) | https://traefik.io/ - pacman - traefik - 3.7.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: traefik from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Modern reverse proxy written in Go | https://github.com/traefik/traefik - zypper - traefik - 3.6.17-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: traefik from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Cloud Native Application Proxy | https://traefik.io/ - zypper - traefik2 - 2.11.46-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: traefik2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Cloud Native Application Proxy | https://traefik.io/ - MacPorts - traefik: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/traefik/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/traefik: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/traefik.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [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. - [corepack](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/corepack/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [haproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/haproxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, load-balancer, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [fabio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fabio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, load-balancer, networking, reverse-proxy. - [frpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/frpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [frps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/frps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [gost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gost/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [rathole](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rathole/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [trafficserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trafficserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy, reverse-proxy. - [brook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, proxy. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/traefik.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/traefik.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