Global USE flags

Flag Description Packages
debug 7
doc 7
examples 3
lua 2
luajit 11
lz4 Enable support for compressed pcap logging using the LZ4 algorithm 2
sasl 2
ssl Enable HTTPS module for http. Enable SSL/TLS support for POP3/IMAP/SMTP for mail. 3
static-libs 9
syslog Use syslog for error messages 2
systemd 6
test 15
threads 2

Category USE flags

app-metrics

Flag Description Packages
pie 3

sys-cluster

Flag Description Packages
cgi Install CGI server and scripts. 4
fuse Install the mfsmount utility. 4

Local USE flags

app-admin

logstash-bin

Flag Description
x-pack

loki

Flag Description
fluent-bit Build the fluent-bit plugin to publish from <pkg>app-admin/fluent-bit</pkg>
promtail Build the promtail log gathering agent
server Build the loki server
tools Build the loki tools logcli and loki-canary

app-misc

fslint

Flag Description
nls

dev-db

omnipitr

Flag Description
bzip2
gzip
lzma
xz

rethinkdb

Flag Description
jemalloc
tcmalloc

dev-php

pecl-memcached

Flag Description
igbinary Enable support for the igbinary serializer
json Enable support for json serialization
session

net-analyzer

ncrack

Flag Description
ssh

suricata

Flag Description
af-packet Enable AF_PACKET support
af-xdp Enable AF_XDP support
bpf Enable support for eBPF (as well as XDP if supported by the kernel and the NIC driver) for low-level, high-speed packet processing
control-socket Enable unix socket
cuda
detection Enable detection modules
geoip
hardened
hyperscan Enable high-performance regex matching with Hyperscan
ndpi
nflog Enable libnetfilter_log support
nfqueue Enable NFQUEUE support for inline IDP
pfring
redis Enable Redis support

net-libs

libsrtp

Flag Description
aesicm Use AES ICM cryptographic algorithm
console Use /dev/console instead of stdout for error messages
nss Use NSS crypto primitives
openssl Use OpenSSL crypto primitives

sofia-sip

Flag Description
glib Add support to <pkg>dev-libs/glib</pkg>-based mainloop, to allow using Sofia-SIP on glib-based programs.

net-mail

perdition

Flag Description
berkdb
cdb
gdbm
ldap
mysql
odbc
postgres

net-misc

janus-gateway

Flag Description
static

net-print

samsung-unified-driver

Flag Description
cups
network Enable network printing support
scanner

sys-cluster

lizardfs

Flag Description
devel
fuse3 Use new FUSE library.

moosefs

Flag Description
gui

virtual

lua

Flag Description
bit

www-servers

nginx

Flag Description
aio Enables file AIO support
http Enable HTTP core support
http-cache Enable HTTP cache support
http2
http3
ipv6
ktls
libatomic Use libatomic instead of builtin atomic operations
nginx_modules_
nginx_modules_http_
nginx_modules_http_addition
nginx_modules_http_dav
nginx_modules_http_rewrite
nginx_modules_http_spdy
nginx_modules_http_stub_status
nginx_modules_http_xslt
nginx_modules_mail_
nginx_modules_stream_
pcre
pcre-jit Enable JIT for pcre
pcre2
rtmp
selinux
vim-syntax

x11-drivers

evdi

Flag Description
python Build PyEvdi