# Install helix-db with Homebrew, Nix, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Open-source graph-vector database built from scratch in Rust. Version 3.0.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:helix-db ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install helix-db ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install helix ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/helix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#helix-db ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helix-db/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add helix ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install helix ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S helix ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: helix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install helix ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install helix ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: helix from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4623995','rufus.portable' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/helix ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/helix.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Helix.Helix -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Helix.Helix from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:helix-db - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.0.8 - **Source summary:** Open-source graph-vector database built from scratch in Rust - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T23:54:57Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - helix (cli) - helix (alias) ## Dependencies - rust ## 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: 3.0.8 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/HelixDB/helix-db - Upstream latest detected: v3.0.8 (current) ## Project history and usage HelixDB is a young graph-vector database project built in Rust for knowledge graphs, AI memory, RAG-style retrieval, and agent data workflows. The Homebrew package installs the `helix` CLI, which scaffolds projects, runs local instances, sends dynamic queries, and connects to Helix Cloud. ### Project history GitHub repository metadata records the HelixDB public repository from November 2024. The README describes HelixDB as a graph-vector database for knowledge graphs and AI memory, built from scratch in Rust, with SDKs and a CLI for local and cloud workflows. The official documentation describes an architectural shift between the earlier open-source v1 LMDB-based implementation and Helix Cloud's object-storage-backed architecture. The docs present Helix Cloud as combining a property graph engine with approximate vector search and BM25 full-text search, with gateways, a single writer, auto-scaling readers, durable object storage, and cache layers. The project also launched publicly through Y Combinator's Launch YC in 2025, where the founders positioned it as an open-source graph-vector database for RAG and AI applications. That launch framing matches the repository and docs: reduce the need to stitch together separate vector databases, graph databases, and sync layers. ### Adoption history HelixDB's adoption history is early-stage but visible: the repository metadata records thousands of GitHub stars, the README links to docs, Discord, and Launch YC, and GitHub releases show active versioned release packaging. The input facts record Homebrew packaging for `helix-db`, giving developers a package-manager route to the CLI rather than only a shell installer. Because the project is young, its package-manager significance is more about experimentation and developer onboarding than long-standing distro integration. The CLI is the adoption surface: install it, initialize a project, run a local database, query via SDK-generated JSON, or authenticate to Helix Cloud. ### How it is used The README and docs show the CLI installing via `install.helix-db.com`, then using commands such as `helix init`, `helix start dev`, `helix query`, `helix stop`, and cloud-oriented commands for authentication, workspace/project selection, sync, and querying. Local development can run an in-memory containerized instance, while cloud use pulls endpoint and auth details into project configuration. Queries are authored through Rust, TypeScript, Go, or Python DSLs or sent as dynamic JSON over HTTP. The docs emphasize graph, vector, text search, dynamic query bundles, serializable snapshot isolation, and a workflow where applications can send query definitions directly to a running instance. ### Why package nerds care For package nerds, HelixDB is interesting because it packages a database workflow as a CLI-first developer experience. The Homebrew formula gives a single `helix` command that can scaffold files such as `helix.toml`, create a `.helix` workspace, run a local database, seed examples, and query a service without manually assembling database binaries and SDKs. It also shows a broader package trend around AI infrastructure: graph, vector, full-text, cloud auth, local containers, SDK code generation, and agent-oriented project scaffolding are being folded into one command-line tool. ### Timeline - 2024: GitHub repository metadata records the HelixDB source repository. - 2025: Launch YC published HelixDB as a database for RAG and AI. - 2026: GitHub releases show a v3.0 series and continued CLI/database packaging work. - Package-manager era: The input package facts record Homebrew packaging as `helix-db`. ### Related projects - HelixDB is related to graph databases, vector databases, BM25/full-text engines, RAG infrastructure, knowledge-graph tools, object-storage-backed databases, Docker/Podman local development, and SDK-driven query builders in Rust, TypeScript, Go, and Python. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for helix-db. 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: helix.toml, ~/.helix/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.helix/credentials ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** helix-db - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - helix-db: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helix-db/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - helix: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/helix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - helix: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - helix - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/ - apk - helix-bash-completion - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/ - apk - helix-fish-completion - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/ - apk - helix-tree-sitter-system - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-tree-sitter-system from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/ - apk - helix-tree-sitter-vendor - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-tree-sitter-vendor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/ - apk - helix-zsh-completion - 25.07.1-r3: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/ - dnf - helix - 25.07.1-10.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A post-modern modal text editor written in Rust | https://helix-editor.com/ - dnf - helix-parsers - 25.07.1-10.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix-parsers from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Prebuilt tree-sitter parsers for Helix | https://helix-editor.com/ - dnf - helix-themes - 25.07.1-10.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix-themes from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Helix themes | https://helix-editor.com/ - pacman - helix - 25.07.1-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: helix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com - zypper - helix - 25.07.1-1.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A post-modern modal text editor written in Rust | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix - zypper - helix-bash-completion - 25.07.1-1.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix - zypper - helix-fish-completion - 25.07.1-1.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix ## 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/) - 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