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brew

Install docker-compose with Homebrew, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget

Isolated development environments using Docker. Version 5.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install docker-compose.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install docker-compose

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install docker-compose

MacPorts ports tree · python/docker-compose/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install docker-compose

Debian stable package indexes · docker-compose · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install docker-compose

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · docker-compose · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#docker-compose

nixpkgs package indexes · docker-compose · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S docker-compose

Arch Linux sync databases · docker-compose · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install docker-compose

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · docker-compose · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install docker-compose

Chocolatey community package catalog · docker-compose · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/docker-compose

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/docker-compose.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Docker.DockerCompose -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Docker.DockerCompose · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Isolated development environments using Docker

Commands and aliases

  • docker-compose

history

Project history and usage

Docker Compose is Docker's tool for defining and running multi-container applications from a Compose file. Docker's docs describe it as a way to manage services, networks, and volumes in one YAML configuration, then start the application stack with a single command.

Project history

Compose became one of Docker's defining developer-experience tools because it translated a multi-container application into a file that could live beside source code. The current upstream README describes the modern Go-based Compose as a Docker CLI plugin and notes that the legacy Python version remains on the v1 branch.

Adoption history

Compose's adoption path runs through Docker Desktop, Linux binaries, distribution packages, and CI systems. The README says Docker Desktop includes Compose on Windows and macOS and documents installation as a CLI plugin under Docker's cli-plugins directory on Linux. The batch input shows especially broad package-manager coverage, including Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora-style distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and zypper.

How it is used

The normal workflow is to define services in compose.yaml or docker-compose.yml, then use docker compose up to create and start the application. Docker docs call out lifecycle commands for starting, stopping, rebuilding, viewing status, streaming logs, and running one-off commands, making Compose common in local development, test environments, staging, simple production deployments, and CI workflows.

Why package nerds care

Docker Compose is package-nerd significant because it made multi-container Docker applications portable before Kubernetes became the default mental model for orchestration. It also marks a major packaging transition: the old standalone docker-compose command and Python implementation gave way to a Docker CLI plugin, while package managers kept shipping a familiar formula name.

Timeline

  • 2010s: Compose popularizes application stacks described in docker-compose.yml files.
  • 2020: The Compose Specification becomes the shared Compose file format used by the modern project.
  • 2020s: The Go-based Compose V2 becomes the main Docker Compose implementation, with the Python version kept on the v1 branch.
  • 2026: Docker docs present Compose as the standard tool for defining and running multi-container applications, and the batch input lists broad package-manager distribution.

Related projects

  • Docker Compose is closely related to Docker Engine, Docker Desktop, the Compose Specification, Docker Buildx for Compose builds, Swarm's older Compose-file usage, and editor tools such as Microsoft's Compose Language Service.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for docker-compose. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 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.

Unix
./compose.yaml./compose.yml./docker-compose.yaml./docker-compose.yml./.env

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
docker-composecliglobal 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 generated2026-07-25
manager version5.3.1
manager updated2026-07-07
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv5.3.1

https://github.com/docker/compose

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:docker-compose
Version5.3.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docker-compose
Homepagehttps://docs.docker.com/compose/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/docker/compose
Upstream docshttps://docs.docker.com/compose
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/docker/compose/archive/refs/tags/v5.3.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-07T15:33:42Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared
CaveatsCompose is a Docker plugin. For Docker to find the plugin, add "cliPluginsExtraDirs" to ~/.docker/config.json: "cliPluginsExtraDirs": [ "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/docker/cli-plugins" ]

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedocker-compose
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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.

Debian apt95%

docker-compose 2.26.1-4

Define and run multi-container applications with Docker (program)

https://github.com/docker/compose

sudo apt install docker-compose
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: docker-compose from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

docker-compose

nix profile install nixpkgs#docker-compose
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: docker-compose from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
Ubuntu apt95%

docker-compose 1.29.2-6ubuntu1

define and run multi-container Docker applications with YAML

https://docs.docker.com/compose/

sudo apt install docker-compose
  • Section: universe/admin
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: docker-compose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

python3-compose 1.29.2-6ubuntu1

Python implementation of docker-compose file specification

https://docs.docker.com/compose/

sudo apt install python3-compose
  • Section: universe/admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: docker-compose
  • 13 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-compose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

docker-compose 5.1.4-1.fc45

Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

https://github.com/docker/compose

sudo dnf install docker-compose
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT AND MPL-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: docker-compose
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: docker-compose from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

docker-compose 5.1.4-1

Fast, isolated development environments using Docker

https://www.docker.com/

sudo pacman -S docker-compose
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: docker-compose from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

docker-compose 5.1.4-1.1

Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

https://github.com/docker/compose

sudo zypper install docker-compose
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: docker-compose
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: docker-compose from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

docker-compose

sudo port install docker-compose
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: python/docker-compose/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

docker-compose

choco install docker-compose
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: docker-compose from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dnspy'
Scoop95%

main/docker-compose

scoop install main/docker-compose
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/docker-compose.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

Docker.DockerCompose

winget install --id Docker.DockerCompose -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Docker Compose
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.DockerCompose 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.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • docker-language-serverPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, compose, containers, developer, developer-tools.

Same workflow

  • cdebugShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker.
  • cekitShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker.
  • devcontainerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, development-environments, docker.
  • dockcheckShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker.
  • dockerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker.
  • docker-buildxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker.

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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment