# Install zipkin

Collect and visualize traces written in Zipkin format. Version 3.6.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:zipkin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zipkin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zipkin
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:zipkin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zipkin>
- **Version:** 3.6.1
- **Source summary:** Collect and visualize traces written in Zipkin format
- **Homepage:** <https://zipkin.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://zipkin.io/pages/existing_instrumentations>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=io/zipkin/zipkin-server/3.6.1/zipkin-server-3.6.1-exec.jar>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-08T15:51:59Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- zipkin (cli)
- zipkin (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Service: declared
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.6.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-08
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://zipkin.io
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## 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:** zipkin
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - zipkin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zi/zipkin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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## 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