# Install apache-flink with Homebrew, Nix Scalable batch and stream data processing. Version 2.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:apache-flink ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apache-flink ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#flink ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:apache-flink - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.3.0 - **Source summary:** Scalable batch and stream data processing - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T22:55:51Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - flink (cli) - flink (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk@21 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 2.3.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://flink.apache.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Apache Flink is a distributed stream and batch processing engine for stateful computations over bounded and unbounded data streams, with APIs ranging from low-level DataStream jobs to Table API and SQL. ### Project history Flink grew out of the Stratosphere research project, which began in 2009 around TU Berlin and related European data-management research groups. The project entered the Apache Incubator in April 2014, released 0.6-incubating later that year, and graduated as an Apache top-level project in December 2014. The ASF top-level announcement framed Flink as a system that deliberately combined streaming/pipelining and batch processing techniques. From early on, the project included its own serialization, memory management, and cost-based query optimization pieces, which made it more than just a wrapper around MapReduce-era execution. ### Adoption history Flink's early adoption story centered on companies experimenting with or adopting it for production data infrastructure. ASF's 2014 announcement quoted ResearchGate, Spotify, and Amadeus discussing production or exploratory use, while noting more than 70 contributors by the time of graduation. Over time, Flink became a common choice for event-time processing, exactly-once state, streaming SQL, continuous ETL, and event-driven applications. Its ecosystem later externalized many connectors into separate Apache repositories, which matters for packages because the main flink CLI is only the core of a broader connector and deployment stack. ### How it is used The Homebrew package exposes the flink command, which developers use to run and inspect jobs, interact with local clusters, and submit work to configured deployments. Apache's current stable docs describe Flink as designed for common cluster environments, in-memory speed, and scale. Starting with Flink 2.0, Apache's docs say the supported configuration file is config.yaml in the conf directory. That makes $FLINK_HOME/conf/config.yaml the package-level config location for the current formula. ### Why package nerds care Flink is package-nerd material because it is both a developer CLI and a distributed runtime. A local install needs Java, shell scripts, a config directory, plugin/connectors, logs, and often a clear boundary between the package's $FLINK_HOME and the user's deployment configuration. It is also one of the major Java data engines where versioning matters deeply: jobs, connectors, state formats, savepoints, and cluster versions are coupled enough that packaging the latest major line and a versioned 1.x line is practically useful. ### Timeline - 2009: The Stratosphere research project begins. - 2014: Flink enters the Apache Incubator. - 2014: Apache Flink 0.6-incubating is released. - 2014: Flink graduates as an Apache top-level project. - 2026: Current docs describe config.yaml as the Flink 2.x configuration file. ### Related projects - Stratosphere is Flink's research-project predecessor. - Apache Kafka, Hadoop YARN, Kubernetes, Apache Paimon, Flink CDC, and the externalized Flink connector repositories are common adjacent projects. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for apache-flink. 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: $FLINK_HOME/conf/config.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** apache-flink - **Aliases:** apache-flink@2 - **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 - flink: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/flink/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [openjdk@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-21/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [storm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/storm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, stream-processing. - [apache-arrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-arrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-flink-cdc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-flink-cdc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-geode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-geode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [nifi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, stream-processing. - [alluxio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alluxio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data. - [anyquery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/anyquery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data. - [apache-drill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-drill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-spark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-spark/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: apache, cli, data, openjdk, openjdk-21. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/apache-flink.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/apache-flink.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