# Install dolt with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Git for Data. Version 2.1.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dolt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dolt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dolt ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/dolt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dolt ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dolt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dolt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dolt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dolt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dolt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install dolt ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: dolt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dnspy' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/dolt ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dolt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id DoltHub.Dolt -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: DoltHub.Dolt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dolt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.1.10 - **Source summary:** Git for Data - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T18:45:00Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - dolt (cli) - dolt (alias) ## Dependencies - icu4c@78 ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 2.1.10 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dolthub/dolt - Upstream latest detected: v2.1.10 (current) ## Project history and usage Dolt is a version-controlled SQL database: it gives tables Git-like clone, branch, diff, merge, push, and pull workflows while exposing a MySQL-compatible server and client experience. ### Project history The Dolt repository was created in July 2019 and its README has long summarized the project as Git for Data. The core idea is simple and unusual: Git versions files, while Dolt versions tables. The earliest listed GitHub release in the current release stream is v0.9.7 from August 2019. By 2026, Dolt had reached the 2.x series with frequent releases, showing a long-lived database engine rather than a one-off CLI experiment. Dolt's project surface expanded into a broader DoltHub ecosystem. The README points to DoltHub for sharing public databases, DoltLab for self-hosting a DoltHub-like service, Hosted Dolt for managed servers, and Doltgres as the related Postgres-flavored project. ### Adoption history Dolt is packaged unusually widely for a database engine with version-control semantics. The official README documents direct release installs, Homebrew, Arch Linux official repositories, MacPorts, Windows installers, Chocolatey, Docker images, and source builds; the package metadata also lists additional package managers such as Nix, Scoop, Winget, and apk. Its adoption story is tied to a specific audience: data engineers, analysts, and application developers who want data changes to have branch, diff, blame, merge, and remote workflows instead of living only inside dumps, migrations, or opaque database snapshots. ### How it is used Dolt can be used as a Git-like CLI in a data repository, a SQL query tool, or a MySQL-compatible server. The README lists familiar commands such as init, status, add, diff, commit, log, branch, checkout, merge, clone, fetch, pull, push, remote, tag, and blame alongside SQL-specific commands. A typical workflow imports or edits tables, stages table changes, commits them, branches for experiments, merges teammate changes, and pushes or pulls from a remote. The same data can also be served to MySQL clients through dolt sql-server. ### Why package nerds care Dolt is significant because it bends two familiar package categories into one installable tool: a database binary and a Git-like version-control CLI. For package nerds, it is a rare case where the command name, storage engine, server mode, and hosted ecosystem all revolve around one data-versioning model. It also demonstrates a modern database project that treats command-line ergonomics as central. Installing dolt gives users both a database server and a VCS-shaped toolbox, which is why it shows up across OS package managers rather than only as a server image. ### Timeline - 2019: Dolt repository created and v0.9.7 released. - 2020: Dolt continued frequent 0.x releases while maturing the database format and CLI. - 2024: README points users to published use cases and a broader DoltHub ecosystem. - 2026: v2.1.10 released, with active development continuing in late June. ### Related projects - Dolt is closely related to DoltHub, DoltLab, Hosted Dolt, and Doltgres. Conceptually it also sits between Git, MySQL-compatible databases, data version-control systems, and hosted dataset-sharing platforms. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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: ~/.dolt/config_global.json, .dolt/config.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.dolt/creds/*.jwk ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dolt - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dolt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dolt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - dolt - 2.0.6-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dolt from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Dolt – It's Git for Data | https://www.dolthub.com - pacman - dolt - 1:2.1.6-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dolt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Git for data! A version controlled relational database | https://www.dolthub.com - MacPorts - dolt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/dolt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - dolt: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: dolt from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','dnspy' - Scoop - main/dolt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/dolt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - DoltHub.Dolt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: DoltHub.Dolt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [beads](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/beads/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [gascity](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gascity/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [doltgres](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/doltgres/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql, version-control. - [duckdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duckdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [immudb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/immudb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [lazysql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lazysql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [mariadb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mariadb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [monetdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/monetdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [mysql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mysql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. - [percona-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/percona-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, sql. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dolt.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dolt.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