# Install bee with Homebrew, Nix Tool for managing database changes. Version 1.115 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bee ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bee ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bee ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/be/bee/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bee - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.115 - **Source summary:** Tool for managing database changes - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MPL-1.1 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-19T04:23:10Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - bee (cli) - bee (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.115 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/bluesoft/bee - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Bee is a command-line database change manager from Bluesoft, used to manage database schema changes through project-local configuration. ### Project history The Bee GitHub repository was created in June 2011. Its README and project site describe it plainly as a tool for managing database changes, with documentation hosted on GitHub Pages. Release history shows an established 1.x line: older GitHub releases are visible from 2013, and current releases continued through 2026. ### Adoption history The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew and Nix packaging. The README also calls out Homebrew installation directly, suggesting macOS developer usage was part of the intended distribution story. ### How it is used Bee is used from the command line to apply and manage database changes, with project settings stored in bee.properties. ### Why package nerds care Bee is a smaller package-nerd entry: it represents the long-running database-migration CLI niche where package managers preserve tools used by specific teams and legacy deployment workflows, even when the wider ecosystem has larger names. ### Timeline - 2011: GitHub repository created. - 2013: 1.x GitHub releases visible. - 2026: 1.115 release published. ### Related projects - Related projects live in the database migration and schema-change-management category, such as JDBC-based migration tools. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bee. 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: bee.properties ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bee - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - bee: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/be/bee/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mysql-search-replace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mysql-search-replace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, migration. - [apache-geode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-geode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [arcadedb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arcadedb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [astra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/astra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [automysqlbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automysqlbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [basex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/basex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [berkeley-db](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/berkeley-db/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [cassandra](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cassandra/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [cqlkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cqlkit/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, openjdk. - [cql-proxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cql-proxy/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: changes, cli, data, database. - [gh-ost](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gh-ost/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, migration. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bee.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/bee.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