# Install kapacitor

Open source time series data processor. Version 1.8.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-26.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kapacitor
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kapacitor
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kapacitor
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kapacitor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/kapacitor
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kapacitor.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id InfluxData.Kapacitor -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: InfluxData.Kapacitor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:kapacitor
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kapacitor>
- **Version:** 1.8.6
- **Source summary:** Open source time series data processor
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-26T17:09:09Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- kapacitor (cli)
- kapacitord (cli)
- kapacitor (alias)
- kapacitord (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go
- pkgconf
- rust

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.8.6
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-26
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** kapacitor
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - kapacitor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kapacitor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/kapacitor: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kapacitor.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - InfluxData.Kapacitor: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: InfluxData.Kapacitor from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [telegraf](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/telegraf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, time-series.
- [xan](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/xan/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, data-processing, processing.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph