# Install datalad with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix Data distribution geared toward scientific datasets. Version 1.6.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:datalad ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install datalad ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install datalad ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: datalad from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install python3-datalad ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-datalad from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#datalad ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: datalad from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:datalad - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.0 - **Source summary:** Data distribution geared toward scientific datasets - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T10:26:09Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - datalad (cli) - git-annex-remote-datalad (cli) - git-annex-remote-datalad-archives (cli) - git-annex-remote-ora (cli) - git-annex-remote-ria (cli) - git-credential-datalad (cli) - datalad (alias) - git-annex-remote-datalad (alias) - git-annex-remote-datalad-archives (alias) - git-annex-remote-ora (alias) - git-annex-remote-ria (alias) - git-credential-datalad (alias) ## Dependencies - certifi - cryptography - git-annex - p7zip - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.6.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.datalad.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage DataLad is a command-line and Python data-management system for datasets that need versioning, publication, and retrieval rather than only local storage. ### Project history The project grew around the idea that scientific datasets could use Git-style versioning while delegating large-file content management to git-annex. Its technical documentation frames DataLad as a CLI and Python API, with the public changelog showing early 0.x releases in 2015 and continuing through 1.x releases. ### Adoption history DataLad adoption is strongest in research-data workflows where datasets, provenance, and distributed storage matter. The handbook emphasizes compatibility with Git and git-annex, making it attractive to users who already understand repository-based collaboration but need large-file logistics. ### How it is used Package users care about the `datalad` command because it can create, clone, publish, and retrieve dataset content while leaving the underlying repository usable with ordinary Git and git-annex commands. ### Why package nerds care DataLad is notable in package-manager catalogs because it packages a research-data workflow stack into a Unix-style CLI, bridging Git, git-annex, metadata, and reproducibility tooling. ### Timeline - 2015: DataLad 0.1 appears in the official changelog. - 2024: DataLad reaches the 1.0 series. - 2026: The official documentation continues to publish 1.x releases. ### Related projects - Git and git-annex are core related projects because DataLad datasets are Git repositories and DataLad uses git-annex for file content tracking and transport. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for datalad. 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: ~/.gitconfig, .git/config, .datalad/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** datalad - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - datalad - 1.1.5-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: datalad from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | data files management and distribution platform | https://datalad.org - Debian apt - python3-datalad - 1.1.5-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-datalad from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | data files management and distribution platform | https://datalad.org - Nix - datalad: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: datalad from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - dnf - python3-datalad - 1.5.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: python3-datalad from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Keep code, data, containers under control with git and git-annex | https://github.com/datalad/datalad ## 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. - [git-annex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-annex/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [p7zip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/p7zip/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cgns](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cgns/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [dud](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dud/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, reproducibility. - [git-annex-remote-rclone](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-annex-remote-rclone/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, git-annex. - [hdf5](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hdf5/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [hdf5-mpi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hdf5-mpi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [libgetdata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgetdata/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [netcdf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netcdf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [netcdf-cxx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netcdf-cxx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, scientific-data. - [adios2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adios2/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, python, python-3-14, remote. - [dolphie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dolphie/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: certifi, cli, cryptography, data, python. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/datalad.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/datalad.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