# Install avro-tools with Homebrew, Nix, scoop Avro command-line tools and utilities. Version 1.12.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:avro-tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install avro-tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#avro-tools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/av/avro-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/avro-tools ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/avro-tools.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:avro-tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.12.1 - **Source summary:** Avro command-line tools and utilities - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - avro-tools (cli) - avro-tools (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.12.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://avro.apache.org/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Avro Tools is the Java command-line utility package for Apache Avro. It is the package users reach for when they want to inspect schemas, convert data, generate code, or manipulate Avro object container files from a terminal. ### Project history Apache Avro's 1.0.0 release was announced in July 2010. The project defined a compact binary data format, a JSON-based schema system, object container files, and RPC support, then shipped language implementations from a single Apache-managed source tree. The tools package grew naturally out of Avro's Java implementation: once a format has schemas, container files, IDL, and generated code, it needs a portable command-line utility. The Homebrew avro-tools formula packages that Java-oriented CLI separately from native C and C++ formulas. ### Adoption history Avro's adoption is tied to data-platform workflows where schema evolution and compact record serialization matter. Apache's project site now explicitly calls Avro a leading serialization format for record data and a first choice for streaming data pipelines. The avro-tools jar became the everyday operator interface for that ecosystem. Even users who do not write Java often keep avro-tools around because it can inspect and transform Avro files without having to compile a language binding into a one-off program. ### How it is used Common avro-tools usage includes printing or validating schemas, converting between JSON and Avro container files, compiling schemas or IDL to generated language code, and debugging records in data pipelines. Package managers usually expose this as an avro-tools command wrapping the upstream jar. Avro Tools has no documented per-user config file or credential file. Inputs are schemas, Avro files, IDL/protocol files, and command-line options. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, avro-tools is the canonical example of a data-format CLI shipped as a Java artifact but consumed like a Unix tool. The formula is less about libraries and more about making a jar feel like a normal executable in scripts. It also anchors the split packaging story for Avro: avro-tools for the Java CLI, avro-c for native C utilities, and avro-cpp for generated C++ bindings, all backed by one upstream release stream. ### Timeline - 2010: Apache Avro 1.0.0 announced as the first Avro release. - 2021: Avro 1.11.0 released with 120 JIRA issues addressed. - 2024: Avro 1.12.0 released by the Apache Avro community. - 2025: Avro 1.12.1 listed as the latest Apache Avro release. ### Related projects - avro-c and avro-cpp package native parts of the same Apache Avro source tree. - Apache Avro language bindings and the Avro specification define the data files that avro-tools reads and writes. - Data platforms that store or stream Avro records often use avro-tools for local inspection and pipeline debugging. ### Sources - - - - - - - source_facts.description - source_facts.executables ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** avro-tools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - avro-tools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/av/avro-tools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/avro-tools: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/avro-tools.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/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](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [avro-c](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avro-c/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [avro-cpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/avro-cpp/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [apache-arrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-arrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-drill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-drill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-flink](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-flink/) - 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. - [apache-polaris](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-polaris/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [nifi-toolkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi-toolkit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: apache, cli, command-line, data, line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/avro-tools.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/avro-tools.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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