# Install ladybug with Homebrew Embedded graph database built for query speed and scalability. Version 0.18.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ladybug ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ladybug ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ladybug - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.18.0 - **Source summary:** Embedded graph database built for query speed and scalability - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T03:08:52Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - lbug (cli) - lbug (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@4 ## Build dependencies - cmake ## 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: 0.18.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-01 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug - Upstream latest detected: v0.18.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Ladybug is a newer embedded columnar graph database with a command-line shell and language bindings. Its official positioning is as a Kuzu successor and as a graph-oriented analogue to the embedded, analytical database style popularized by DuckDB. ### Project history The LadybugDB site frames the project as a response to Kuzu's open-source development halt after acquisition, with LadybugDB carrying forward the embedded graph database idea with an open-source license, enterprise support, and a low-friction install path. The documentation describes Ladybug as an embedded graph database optimized for complex join-heavy analytical workloads on large graphs, using property graphs, Cypher, columnar disk storage, CSR adjacency and join indexes, vectorized and factorized execution, multi-core query parallelism, and serializable ACID transactions. ### Adoption history Public adoption evidence is thin because the project is young, but the official site advertises curl and Homebrew installation, and the GitHub release feed shows packaged CLI and library artifacts for Linux, macOS, and Windows. That makes the Homebrew formula part of the project's early distribution story rather than an afterthought. ### How it is used Users can run the lbug CLI as a standalone shell for Cypher interaction, or embed Ladybug through language bindings. The docs emphasize in-process use with no external DBMS server, plus interoperability with formats and systems such as Parquet, Arrow, and DuckDB. ### Why package nerds care For package watchers, Ladybug is interesting as a fast-moving database fork/successor story: a research-heavy embedded graph database lineage repackaged with command-line binaries, language SDKs, and Homebrew installation soon after launch. ### Timeline - 2026: The official website described LadybugDB as a Kuzu successor and advertised Homebrew installation. - 2026-06-02: GitHub release v0.17.1 published CLI and library artifacts for Linux, macOS, and Windows. ### Related projects - LadybugDB is explicitly related to Kuzu, Cypher, DuckDB, Parquet, Arrow, and embedded analytical database workflows. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ladybug. 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:** ladybug - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [openssl@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-4/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cayley](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cayley/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, database, graph, graph-database. - [kuzu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kuzu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cypher, data, database, embedded-database. - [cypher-shell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cypher-shell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cypher, data, database, graph-database. - [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. - [ejdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ejdb/) - 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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ladybug.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ladybug.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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph