install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install chronograf

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/chronograf

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/chronograf.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id InfluxData.Chronograf -e

Windows Package Manager source index · InfluxData.Chronograf · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Open source monitoring and visualization UI for the TICK stack

Project links

Commands and aliases

chronoctl
chronograf

history

Project history and usage

Chronograf is InfluxData's open-source web UI for the TICK stack, used to visualize InfluxDB data, manage dashboards, inspect infrastructure, and create Kapacitor alerting rules.

Project history

InfluxData opened the Chronograf GitHub repository in 2016. The project is written in Go and React and its README positions it as a monitoring and visualization interface for InfluxDB, Telegraf, and Kapacitor workflows.

Chronograf became the user-facing component of the TICK stack: Telegraf collects metrics, InfluxDB stores time-series data, Chronograf provides exploration and dashboards, and Kapacitor handles alerting and automation.

Adoption history

InfluxData's documentation describes Chronograf as the TICK stack UI and provides official packages for macOS tarballs, Debian packages, and RPM-based systems. The supplied package facts also show Homebrew, Scoop, and winget distribution.

How it is used

Typical use starts the chronograf service, opens localhost:8888, connects to InfluxDB, and optionally connects Kapacitor. Chronograf can use canned dashboards for Telegraf input plugins, create custom dashboards, explore data, manage users and queries, and configure OAuth or TLS.

Why package nerds care

Chronograf matters to package people because it is a packaged web application that sits beside CLI daemons in the TICK stack. Its formula/package history reflects the era when observability stacks were often installed locally as coordinated OS packages rather than only consumed as hosted services.

Timeline

2016: GitHub repository created.
2016: v1.1-alpha noted in the changelog.
2017: 1.3.x releases continued the 1.x line.
2022: v1.10.0 added InfluxDB user, role, database, and proxy-related management improvements.
2026: v1.11.x releases continued maintenance and InfluxDB 3 support.

Related projects

Related InfluxData projects include InfluxDB, Telegraf, Kapacitor, Flux, InfluxDB Enterprise, and InfluxDB 3.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

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 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 6 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: /etc/default/chronograf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`chronoctl`	cli	global executable
`chronograf`	cli	global 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 version1.11.4

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected1.11.4

https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chronograf
Version	1.11.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chronograf
Homepage	https://docs.influxdata.com/chronograf/latest/
Repository	https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf
Upstream docs	https://docs.influxdata.com/chronograf/v1
License	AGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/archive/refs/tags/1.11.4.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T14:03:01-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	influxdb, kapacitor
Build dependencies	go, node, pkg-config-wrapper, pkgconf, rust, yarn
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	chronograf
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Scoop95%

main/chronograf

scoop install main/chronograf

normalized package name match
Matched by: Chronograf

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/chronograf.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

InfluxData.Chronograf

winget install --id InfluxData.Chronograf -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Chronograf

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: InfluxData.Chronograf from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

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

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/chronograf.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install chronograf with Homebrew, scoop, winget