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Open-source data catalog exposing metadata to AI agents. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-09.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install marmot

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Open-source data catalog exposing metadata to AI agents

Commands and aliases

  • marmot

history

Project history and usage

Marmot is a young open-source data catalog and context layer for teams and AI agents, focused on metadata discovery rather than storing the underlying data.

Project history

The Marmot repository was created on 2025-03-12. The README and official docs describe it as an open-source data catalog that catalogs tables, topics, queues, APIs, dashboards, services, and other assets, then exposes that metadata to humans and AI tools.

The project is written in Go and positions itself as light infrastructure: a single binary backed by PostgreSQL, with a UI, REST API, plugin model, and built-in MCP server.

Adoption history

By 2026-07-01 GitHub metadata showed 592 stars and 21 forks. The supplied package-manager facts list a Homebrew formula, and the GitHub organization also publishes related deployment assets such as charts.

The official docs frame adoption around agent-readable context: Marmot stores metadata such as schemas, ownership, descriptions, tags, lineage, and statistics, while not ingesting table rows, topic messages, or API payloads.

How it is used

Marmot is used by deploying the service, connecting sources through plugins or APIs, and browsing or querying cataloged assets through the UI, REST API, or MCP server. Its main package-manager relevance is the marmot executable and single-binary deployment story.

Because it is still young, the package history is thinner than established Markdown tools. The official sources are strong on positioning and architecture, but public third-party adoption signals remain limited.

Why package nerds care

Marmot matters to package nerds as an example of the 2025-2026 wave of AI-adjacent infrastructure being packaged as ordinary CLIs and single binaries. Its MCP server makes the data-catalog package part of agent tooling, not just data-platform tooling.

Timeline

  • 2025: GitHub repository created.
  • 2026: v0.8 and v0.10 preview releases appeared with binary assets and agent-native/context-layer work.

Related projects

  • Marmot sits near data catalogs, metadata platforms, lineage tools, and MCP servers for AI agents.
  • Its official organization also publishes Helm/chart deployment material for Kubernetes use.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for marmot. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
marmotcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-07
manager version0.9.0
manager updated2026-05-09
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.9.0

https://github.com/marmotdata/marmot

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:marmot
Version0.9.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/marmot
Homepagehttps://marmotdata.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/marmotdata/marmot
Upstream docshttps://marmotdata.io/docs/introduction
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/marmotdata/marmot/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-05-09T04:44:02Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemarmot
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • unitycatalogShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, catalog, cli, data, data-catalog.
  • marcliShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, metadata.
  • lakekeeperShares av.db curated category or tags: catalog, cli, data.
  • nessieShares av.db curated category or tags: catalog, cli, data.
  • whodb-cliShares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, data, mcp.
  • gravitinoShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-catalog.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment