# Install druid with Homebrew, Nix High-performance, column-oriented, distributed data store. Version 37.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:druid ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install druid ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#druid ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/druid/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:druid - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 37.0.0 - **Source summary:** High-performance, column-oriented, distributed data store - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:12-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - druid-broker.sh (cli) - druid-coordinator.sh (cli) - druid-historical.sh (cli) - druid-jconsole.sh (cli) - druid-middleManager.sh (cli) - druid-node.sh (cli) - druid-overlord.sh (cli) - druid-router.sh (cli) - druid-broker.sh (alias) - druid-coordinator.sh (alias) - druid-historical.sh (alias) - druid-jconsole.sh (alias) - druid-middleManager.sh (alias) - druid-node.sh (alias) - druid-overlord.sh (alias) - druid-router.sh (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk@21 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 37.0.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://druid.apache.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Apache Druid is a high-performance real-time analytics database aimed at fast ingestion, low-latency OLAP queries, operational dashboards, and high-concurrency analytical applications. In package-manager terms, the Homebrew formula is less a tiny CLI utility and more a local entry point into a distributed data system with multiple node-role scripts. ### Project history Druid entered the Apache Incubator on February 28, 2018. During incubation, source control moved to ASF Git/GitHub, incubating releases were cut in 2018 and 2019, and the project graduated as an Apache top-level project on December 18, 2019. The current Apache Druid repository and website present Druid as a real-time analytics database with native ingestion, SQL/native query support, a web console, APIs, and deployment paths for local, Docker, and Kubernetes environments. ### Adoption history Druid adoption is tied to workloads that need fast ingest plus interactive analytical queries, especially dashboards, operational analytics, and user-facing data applications. Its Apache governance, public mailing lists, Slack/community pages, official Docker image, and separate Kubernetes operator are signals of an ecosystem beyond a single package. ### How it is used The Homebrew package exposes scripts for Druid process roles such as broker, coordinator, historical, middleManager, overlord, router, and node. Users typically start with the quickstart or Docker/Kubernetes deployment paths, then configure runtime properties under the documented `conf/druid` layout. ### Why package nerds care Druid is significant to package maintainers because it stretches the definition of a package: installing it gives local executables, but the software is really a cluster with role-specific daemons, config trees, Java runtime requirements, web UI, APIs, and external integrations. It is a reminder that data infrastructure packages often package orchestration entry points as much as binaries. ### Timeline - 2018-02-28: Druid enters the Apache Incubator. - 2018-07-06: Druid source control moves to ASF Git/GitHub. - 2018-12-12: Druid 0.13.0-incubating is released. - 2019-04-09: Druid 0.14.0-incubating is released. - 2019-12-18: Druid graduates as an Apache top-level project. - Docs era: Apache Druid publishes docs, quickstarts, Docker guidance, and a separate Kubernetes operator. ### Related projects - Apache Druid Operator is maintained separately for Kubernetes deployments. - The Druid website source is maintained separately from the main code repository. - Druid commonly integrates with streaming and batch ingestion systems and exposes HTTP and JDBC query APIs. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for druid. 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: conf/druid/_common/common.runtime.properties, conf/druid/_common/log4j2.xml, conf/druid/broker/runtime.properties, conf/druid/coordinator/runtime.properties, conf/druid/historical/runtime.properties, conf/druid/middleManager/runtime.properties, conf/druid/overlord/runtime.properties ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** druid - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - druid: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dr/druid/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [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. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [openjdk@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-21/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [duckdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duckdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, database, olap. - [pinot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pinot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, database, olap. - [questdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/questdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, olap. - [apache-arrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-arrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data. - [automysqlbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automysqlbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [basex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/basex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [berkeley-db](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/berkeley-db/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [cayley](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cayley/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [valkey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/valkey/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: broker, cli, data, database, high. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/druid.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/druid.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