# Install maxwell

Reads MySQL binlogs and writes row updates as JSON to Kafka. Version 1.44.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:maxwell
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install maxwell
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install maxwell
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/maxwell/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:maxwell
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/maxwell>
- **Version:** 1.44.1
- **Source summary:** Reads MySQL binlogs and writes row updates as JSON to Kafka
- **Homepage:** <https://maxwells-daemon.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://maxwells-daemon.io/config>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.44.1/maxwell-1.44.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25T06:06:21Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- maxwell (cli)
- maxwell-bootstrap (cli)
- maxwell (alias)
- maxwell-bootstrap (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.44.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-25
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## セキュリティノート

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** maxwell
- **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

- MacPorts - maxwell: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/maxwell/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [kafka](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/kafka/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, streaming.
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- [cqlkit](https://www.automicvault.com/ja/pkg/brew/cqlkit/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: as, cli, data, json, openjdk.

## 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