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Install carrot2 with Homebrew

Search results clustering engine. Version 4.8.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install carrot2

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Search results clustering engine

Commands and aliases

  • carrot2

history

Project history and usage

Carrot2 is a Java text-clustering library and distribution. Its README says it discovers groups of related documents and labels them with short key terms or phrases, commonly from search result titles and snippets.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in 2011 under the carrot2 organization. Official documentation for the latest release is published at carrot2.github.io, and the current latest-docs redirect points to the 4.8.6 documentation tree.

Adoption history

Carrot2 is primarily a library and distribution rather than a single-purpose CLI. The README documents binary releases on GitHub, a bundled HTTP/JSON Document Clustering Server for non-Java integration, and integration paths through Apache Solr and Elasticsearch plugins.

How it is used

Developers use Carrot2 to cluster text or search results, either through Java APIs, release-bundled API documentation, the DCS HTTP/JSON service, or search-platform integrations. The Homebrew package exposes a carrot2 executable for the packaged distribution.

Why package nerds care

Carrot2 is interesting in package-manager history because it packages a research-flavored information-retrieval component as a usable distribution: a Java library, local server, documentation bundle, and integrations for search stacks.

Timeline

  • 2011: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2020s: Latest-release documentation is served from carrot2.github.io.
  • 2020s: README documents GitHub binary releases and the DCS HTTP/JSON service.

Related projects

  • The README names Apache Solr and Elasticsearch integrations.
  • The distribution includes the DCS service for integration from non-Java languages.

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • formula declares a Homebrew service
  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • metadata:service
  • text:cluster

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
carrot2cliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.8.6
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/carrot2/carrot2

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:carrot2
Version4.8.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/carrot2
Homepagehttps://search.carrot2.org/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/carrot2/carrot2
Upstream docshttps://carrot2.github.io/release/latest
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/carrot2/carrot2.git
Last updated2026-06-22T14:02:59-07:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenjdk
Build dependenciesgradle, node@22, yarn
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecarrot2
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openjdkRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • gradleBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • yarnBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • meilisearchShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.
  • opensearch-dashboardsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.
  • pgroongaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.
  • solrShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.
  • sonicShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.
  • vespa-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment