# Install kettle with Homebrew Pentaho Data Integration software. Version 9.4.0.0-343 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kettle ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kettle ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kettle - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 9.4.0.0-343 - **Source summary:** Pentaho Data Integration software - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - pdicarte (cli) - pdikitchen (cli) - pdipan (cli) - pdicarte (alias) - pdikitchen (alias) - pdipan (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 9.4.0.0-343 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://pentaho.com/products/pentaho-data-integration - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Pentaho Data Integration, still widely known by its original project name Kettle, is one of the long-running open-source ETL tools from the Java business-intelligence era. It matters in package catalogs because the command-line launchers let scripted jobs run transformations and workflows that are often designed in a graphical ETL environment. ### Project history Matt Casters began Kettle as a platform-independent ETL project before releasing it as open source in December 2005. The project joined Pentaho soon afterward and became the data-integration component of the Pentaho platform, while the Kettle name stayed attached to the repository, file formats, user community, and command-line tools. After Pentaho became part of Hitachi Data Systems in 2015, the public code continued in the pentaho-kettle GitHub repository under the Pentaho Data Integration name. The repository structure reflects a large Java application: assemblies for distribution, core and engine modules, UI modules, plugins, and integration tests. ### Adoption history Kettle gained adoption as a visual ETL tool in the Pentaho ecosystem, with community downloads distributed through SourceForge and commercial editions distributed through Pentaho/Hitachi channels. Its command-line tools made it attractive to operations teams that wanted GUI-authored data flows scheduled from cron, shell scripts, or enterprise schedulers. In late 2019 Apache Hop started as a fork of Kettle/Pentaho Data Integration. Hop later diverged into an independent Apache project, but its migration documentation is evidence of the amount of Kettle/PDI project work accumulated in the field. ### How it is used Package users typically care about pdipan, pdikitchen, and Carte-style execution rather than the full desktop experience: those launchers run transformations, jobs, and remote execution services from files or repositories. The package is therefore part data-engineering tool and part compatibility layer for older Pentaho deployments. ### Why package nerds care Kettle is a good example of a GUI-first enterprise data tool that still belongs in Unix package indexes because its real production surface is scriptable. It also preserves a recognizable lineage from early open-source BI through modern data-orchestration projects such as Apache Hop. ### Timeline - 2001: Matt Casters began work on the ETL tool that became Kettle. - 2005-12: Kettle was released as open source. - 2006: Kettle joined the Pentaho project and became Pentaho Data Integration. - 2015: Hitachi Data Systems acquired Pentaho. - 2019: Apache Hop began as a fork of Kettle/Pentaho Data Integration. ### Related projects - Pentaho Business Analytics and Hitachi Vantara Pentaho are the surrounding platform family. Apache Hop is the most important descendant project, initially forked from Kettle/PDI and later developed on an independent roadmap. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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: ~/kettle.properties, ~/.pentaho/kettle.properties, ~/.kettle/repositories.xml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kettle - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cloudquery](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudquery/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-integration. - [nifi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-integration, etl. - [nifi-registry](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi-registry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-integration. - [nifi-toolkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi-toolkit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-integration. - [alluxio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alluxio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, java. - [carrot2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carrot2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, java. - [conduit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conduit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-integration. - [derby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/derby/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, java. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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