# Install fluent-bit with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix Fast and Lightweight Logs and Metrics processor. Version 5.0.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fluent-bit ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fluent-bit ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fluent-bit ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fluent-bit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fluent-bit ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fluent-bit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fluent-bit ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fluent-bit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fluent-bit ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/fluent-bit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fluent-bit - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.0.9 - **Source summary:** Fast and Lightweight Logs and Metrics processor - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T17:52:35Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fluent-bit (cli) - fluent-bit (alias) ## Dependencies - libyaml - luajit - openssl@4 ## Build dependencies - bison - cmake - flex - pkgconf ## 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: 5.0.9 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit - Upstream latest detected: v5.0.9 (current) ## Project history and usage Fluent Bit is a CNCF graduated telemetry agent in the Fluentd ecosystem, built to collect, process, and forward logs, metrics, and traces with a small C implementation. ### Project history The Fluent Bit manual traces the project to 2014, when the Fluentd team at Treasure Data anticipated the need for a lightweight log processor for constrained environments such as embedded Linux and gateways. Eduardo Silva created Fluent Bit as a new open-source component of the Fluentd ecosystem. As container and cloud-native deployments grew, Fluent Bit expanded beyond its original constrained-device scope to support more sources, filters, destinations, metrics, and traces. ### Adoption history Official documentation describes Fluent Bit as a CNCF graduated project under the Fluentd umbrella and says it is trusted by major cloud providers, banks, and other companies. The Fluentd comparison page says Fluent Bit is production-grade, vendor-neutral, and deployed globally at very large scale. ### How it is used Operators run fluent-bit as an edge agent, node-level log collector, or central aggregator. Its data pipeline model wires inputs, parsers, filters, processors, buffering, and outputs to ship telemetry into systems such as Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, cloud log services, search engines, and Fluentd. ### Why package nerds care Fluent Bit is significant to package maintainers because it is the small, C-based counterpart to Fluentd's Ruby-gem-centered ecosystem. That makes it attractive for base images, Kubernetes nodes, appliances, and distro packages where memory footprint, static-ish deployment, plugin packaging, and init-system integration matter. Its rapid major-version release stream and wide plugin surface also make it a classic packaging stress test: downstreams care about bundled libraries, optional outputs, cloud credentials behavior, config compatibility, and migration notes. ### Timeline - 2014: Fluent Bit was created within the Fluentd ecosystem for lightweight log processing. - 2018: Fluent Bit 1.0.0 was released. - 2025: Fluent Bit 4.0.0 was released. - 2026: Fluent Bit 5.0.0 and later 5.0 maintenance releases were published. ### Related projects - Fluentd is the parent ecosystem project and a related CNCF graduated project. - OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and cloud-provider logging services are common integration targets described in the official manual. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fluent-bit. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fluent-bit - **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 - Nix - fluent-bit: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fl/fluent-bit/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - fluent-bit - 4.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fluent-bit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder | https://fluentbit.io/ - apk - fluent-bit-dev - 4.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fluent-bit-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder (development files) | https://fluentbit.io/ - apk - fluent-bit-openrc - 4.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fluent-bit-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder (OpenRC init scripts) | https://fluentbit.io/ - dnf - fluent-bit - 3.2.8-4.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fluent-bit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Fluent Bit is a super fast, lightweight, and highly scalable logging and metrics processor and forwarder. | https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit - MacPorts - fluent-bit: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fluent-bit/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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. - [luajit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/luajit/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bison](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bison/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [flex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flex/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [telegraf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/telegraf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: agent, cli, data, metrics, observability. - [cortex](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cortex/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, metrics, observability. - [filebeat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filebeat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, logs, observability. - [loki](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/loki/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, logs, observability. - [victorialogs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/victorialogs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, logs, observability. - [flume](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flume/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, logs. - [influxdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/influxdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, metrics. - [logstash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/logstash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, logs. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fluent-bit.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fluent-bit.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