Automic VaultAutomic Vault

brew

Install dumpling with Homebrew

Creating SQL dump from a MySQL-compatible database. Version 26.3.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dumpling

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Creating SQL dump from a MySQL-compatible database

Commands and aliases

  • dumpling

history

Project history and usage

Dumpling is PingCAP's logical export tool for dumping TiDB or MySQL-compatible data as SQL or CSV files, commonly as part of TiDB backup, migration, and data-loading workflows.

Project history

Dumpling lives in the PingCAP TiDB ecosystem rather than as a standalone historical project. Official docs introduce it as the data export tool for TiDB/MySQL, with support for SQL and CSV output, logical full backup or export, and Amazon S3 output.

PingCAP's documentation records an important lineage change: PingCAP previously maintained a TiDB-specific fork of mydumper, but starting with TiDB v7.5.0 that Mydumper path is deprecated and most features are replaced by Dumpling. The docs strongly recommend Dumpling instead.

Adoption history

Dumpling adoption follows TiDB adoption. It is installed with TiUP, included in TiDB Toolkit, documented in TiDB Cloud and TiDB self-managed workflows, and paired with TiDB Lightning for imports. Homebrew packaging makes the tool available outside TiUP for macOS and general Unix package users.

How it is used

Users run Dumpling against a live TiDB or MySQL-compatible source to export full data sets, filtered subsets, SQL files, CSV files, metadata, schema files, and cloud-storage outputs. The docs emphasize consistency options, GC safe-point handling for TiDB, table filtering, parallel export, file sizing, compression, and downstream import with TiDB Lightning.

Why package nerds care

Dumpling matters because it is not just another mysqldump clone: it is the TiDB ecosystem's logical export replacement for a TiDB-enhanced mydumper fork. Its packaging captures database-operational assumptions such as TiUP distribution, cloud storage URIs, GC safe-point coordination, and Lightning-compatible output layout.

Timeline

  • 2015: The pingcap/tidb repository is created.
  • 2020: Dumpling docs note Amazon S3 export support starting from TiDB v4.0.8.
  • TiDB v7.5.0: PingCAP deprecates its Mydumper path and recommends Dumpling instead.
  • 2026: Homebrew packages Dumpling stable 26.3.4 from the TiDB repository.

Related projects

  • Related projects include TiDB, TiUP, TiDB Toolkit, TiDB Lightning, BR, TiCDC, mydumper, MySQL, and external-storage backends such as Amazon S3.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:database,sql

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dumplingcliglobal 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 version26.3.4
manager updated2026-07-08
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv26.3.4

https://github.com/pingcap/tidb

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:dumpling
Version26.3.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dumpling
Homepagehttps://github.com/pingcap/tidb
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pingcap/tidb
Upstream docshttps://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/dumpling-overview
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/pingcap/tidb/archive/refs/tags/v26.3.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-08T06:11:50Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedumpling
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

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.

Same workflow

  • automysqlbackupShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, data, database, mysql.
  • percona-xtrabackupShares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, data, database, mysql.
  • kitchen-syncShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, mysql.
  • lazysqlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, mysql.
  • mysqlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, mysql.
  • percona-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, mysql.

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 package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment