# Install dynomite with Homebrew Generic dynamo implementation for different k-v storage engines. Version 0.6.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dynomite ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dynomite ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dynomite - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.22 - **Source summary:** Generic dynamo implementation for different k-v storage engines - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T04:37:16Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - dynomite (cli) - dynomite-hash-tool (cli) - dynomite-test (cli) - dynomite (alias) - dynomite-hash-tool (alias) - dynomite-test (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@4 ## Build dependencies - autoconf - automake - libtool ## 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: 0.6.22 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Netflix/dynomite - Upstream latest detected: v0.6.22 (current) ## Project history and usage Dynomite is Netflix's distributed Dynamo-inspired layer for key-value storage engines and protocols such as Redis and Memcached, focused on high availability and cross-datacenter replication. ### Project history Netflix created the public Dynomite repository in 2013. The README says Dynomite was inspired by Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper and was designed as a thin distributed layer over storage engines that do not themselves provide high availability or cross-datacenter replication. The project documentation describes Redis and Memcached as supported protocols and emphasizes multi-datacenter replication, high availability, few moving parts, and performance. The README also records a branch workflow where version-numbered branches are considered stable while the `dev` branch is the active development branch. ### Adoption history Dynomite's adoption story is tied to Netflix infrastructure and the broader post-Dynamo ecosystem of eventually consistent key-value systems. In package managers, it is a specialized service binary rather than a general CLI; Homebrew keeps it available for local testing, experiments, and operators who need the daemon and helper tools. ### How it is used Operators run `dynomite` with a YAML configuration file, commonly `dynomite.yml`, specifying datacenter, rack, tokens, seeds, listen addresses, datastore protocol, server pools, gossip, encryption scope, and statistics settings. The package also includes hash and test helper tools. ### Why package nerds care Dynomite matters to package nerds because it packages the Dynamo paper lineage into a concrete Unix service around existing key-value stores. It is a good example of infrastructure software whose formula exposes a daemon, config file, test mode, and helper binaries rather than a developer-facing one-shot command. ### Timeline - 2007: Amazon publishes the Dynamo paper that inspires Dynomite's design direction. - 2013: Netflix creates the public Dynomite repository. - 2010s: Dynomite documents Redis and Memcached backends, multi-datacenter replication, and versioned stable branches. - 2026: Homebrew packages Dynomite 0.6.22. ### Related projects - Related projects include Amazon Dynamo, Redis, Memcached, Apache Cassandra, Riak, Netflix internal infrastructure projects, and other distributed key-value stores built around replication, partitioning, and high availability. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dynomite. 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: dynomite.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dynomite - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libtool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libtool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [kyoto-cabinet](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kyoto-cabinet/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [valkey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/valkey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [berkeley-db](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/berkeley-db/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store, storage. - [tinycdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tinycdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [cdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [keydb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/keydb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [kyoto-tycoon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kyoto-tycoon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [leveldb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/leveldb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value-store. - [sparkey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sparkey/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, key, key-value-store. - [redis-leveldb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/redis-leveldb/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, key, key-value-store. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dynomite.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dynomite.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph