# Install webdav with Homebrew, Nix Simple and standalone WebDAV server. Version 5.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:webdav ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install webdav ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#webdav ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/webdav/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:webdav - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.12.0 - **Source summary:** Simple and standalone WebDAV server - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-27T09:51:34Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - webdav (cli) - webdav (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: 5.12.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-27 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/hacdias/webdav - Upstream latest detected: v5.12.0 (current) ## Project history and usage hacdias/webdav is a simple standalone WebDAV server written in Go. It packages the long-lived WebDAV protocol into a single-purpose server for exposing a filesystem tree over HTTP with WebDAV methods, users, permissions, and lightweight configuration. ### Project history The underlying protocol is older than the package: WebDAV was standardized as HTTP extensions for distributed authoring, with RFC 2518 published in 1999 and RFC 4918 replacing it in 2007 after interoperability experience. That background explains why a small modern server can interoperate with many clients, file managers, sync tools, and applications that already understand WebDAV. Henrique Dias created the public hacdias/webdav repository in August 2017. The README presents the project as a simple standalone WebDAV server, installable from binary releases, from source with the Go toolchain, or through Homebrew. ### Adoption history The project found an audience in self-hosting and local-network workflows where a full groupware server or cloud storage stack is too much. Its GitHub repository had more than 5,000 stars by July 2026, a strong signal for a small protocol server. Because WebDAV remains a compatibility layer used by editors, file managers, note tools, and single-file web apps, hacdias/webdav is often adopted as glue: it lets an ordinary directory become a remote-save target without deploying a larger service. ### How it is used Typical usage is to write a YAML configuration that names the address, filesystem scope, users, permissions, and optional TLS/CORS behavior, then run the `webdav` server in front of the desired directory. Users connect with WebDAV-capable clients rather than with a custom application protocol. The package is particularly useful for quick private file serving, development tests against a WebDAV endpoint, self-hosted syncing experiments, and applications that know how to save to a WebDAV URL. ### Why package nerds care The package is significant because it gives a standards-era protocol a small contemporary binary. In packaging terms, it is the opposite of a platform: one command, one config file, and a well-known HTTP extension surface that other tools already know how to speak. ### Timeline - 1999: RFC 2518 standardized early WebDAV HTTP extensions. - 2007: RFC 4918 replaced RFC 2518 as the main WebDAV distributed-authoring protocol specification. - 2017-08: The hacdias/webdav repository was created. - 2026: The project was still seeing signed GitHub releases in the v5 series. ### Related projects - Related software includes Apache mod_dav, nginx WebDAV modules, SabreDAV, rclone serve webdav, Nextcloud/WebDAV endpoints, and filebrowser, another prominent Henrique Dias self-hosted file-management project. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for webdav. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: config.yml, /config.yml, /opt/webdav.yml ## Credential files - Unix: config.yml, /config.yml, /opt/webdav.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** webdav - **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 - webdav: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/we/webdav/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. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dufs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dufs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, http, networking. - [copyparty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/copyparty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, networking, webdav. - [phodav](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/phodav/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking, server, webdav. - [netatalk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netatalk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-server, file-sharing, networking. - [btpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/btpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking. - [davix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/davix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking, webdav. - [fortio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, http, networking, server. - [gtk-gnutella](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-gnutella/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-sharing, networking. - [rqbit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rqbit/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, file, file-sharing, networking, server. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/webdav.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/webdav.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