# Install ejdb with Homebrew, chocolatey Embeddable JSON Database engine C11 library. Version 2.73 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ejdb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ejdb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install jbs ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: jbs from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ejdb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.73 - **Source summary:** Embeddable JSON Database engine C11 library - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - jbs (cli) - jbs (alias) ## Build dependencies - cmake ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.73 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/Softmotions/ejdb - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage EJDB is Softmotions' embeddable JSON database engine, with the README focused on EJDB2, a C11 library built around a single-file database, JQL queries, native bindings, and optional HTTP/WebSocket endpoints. ### Project history The current upstream README identifies EJDB2 as an embeddable JSON database engine under the MIT license. It emphasizes a C11 API, single-file database storage, online backups, JQL, collection joins, IOWOW key/value storage, and IWNET-powered HTTP and WebSocket endpoints. The visible GitHub release stream for the v2 line starts with v2.0.40 in February 2020 and continues through v2.73 in November 2022. Release notes show work on bindings, query behavior, Node.js compatibility, IOWOW/IWNET integration, and the `jbs` server CLI. ### Adoption history EJDB is a niche embedded-database package rather than a mainstream server database. The input package metadata lists Homebrew and Chocolatey coverage, and the README documents macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, iOS, and language binding support. ### How it is used Developers embed EJDB2 in applications that want local JSON document storage without running a separate database server. The `jbs` executable can expose the database through HTTP and WebSocket APIs for experimentation or lightweight service use. ### Why package nerds care EJDB matters to package nerds as a compact example of the embedded JSON database niche: C library, CLI server, language bindings, and a single-file storage engine. It sits near SQLite culturally, but with a document/JQL model rather than SQL as the primary interface. ### Timeline - 2020-02-17: v2.0.40 appears in the public GitHub release stream. - 2020-12-17: v2.0.57 adds JSON operation and jbs changes. - 2021-03-21: v2.0.59 changes the default jbs database filename to ejdb2.db. - 2021-06-22: v2.61 moves to a compact versioning scheme. - 2022-02-14: v2.70 moves network API support to IWNET. - 2022-11-14: v2.73 is published with Node 18 and dependency updates. ### Related projects - IOWOW is the persistent key/value storage engine used by EJDB2. - IWNET powers the HTTP REST and WebSocket endpoint layer. - EJDB2Swift and other native bindings extend EJDB beyond the C API. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ejdb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Chocolatey - jbs: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: jbs from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.756','razer-synapse-3' ## Related links - [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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [berkeley-db](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/berkeley-db/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [dbxml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dbxml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [derby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/derby/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [gdbm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdbm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [lmdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lmdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [sdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c, cli, data, database. - [sqlite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlite/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [tdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, embedded-database. - [kuzu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kuzu/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, embeddable, embedded. - [rocksdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rocksdb/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, embeddable, embedded. - [tkrzw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tkrzw/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, embedded, embedded-database. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ejdb.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ejdb.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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