macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install metabaselocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install metabaseMacPorts ports tree · databases/metabase/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install metabase with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop
Business intelligence report server. Version 0.62.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-24.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#metabasenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/me/metabase/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/metabaseScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/metabase.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Business intelligence report server
Project links
Commands and aliases
- metabase
history
Project history and usage
Metabase is an open source business-intelligence and embedded-analytics server founded by Sameer Al-Sakran. Metabase material describes the product as beginning as a side project and launching publicly in 2015 with a simple pitch: open source BI that installs quickly and can be used by people across a company. That origin shaped the tool's package identity: it is a server application packaged for self-hosting, not a library or desktop-only analytics client.
Project history
The major technical milestone was making database exploration approachable without requiring every user to write SQL. Metabase's documentation defines questions as saved analytical units containing a query, result, and visualization; questions can be organized into dashboards, collections, links, embeds, exports, and alerts. Its visual query builder lets users pick tables, models, metrics, and saved questions, while SQL/native queries remain available for more advanced use.
Adoption history
Adoption followed the open source, self-service analytics path. Metabase's own retrospective said the project had been launched in 2015 and, after just over three years, had 14,000+ GitHub stars, 10 million+ Docker Hub pulls, more than a million direct downloads, 140 external contributors, translations into 14 languages, and users from over 150 countries. A later Metabase event page described it as used by 90,000+ companies, with a global open source community and product-led growth behind the commercial company.
How it is used
In practice, teams run Metabase against operational databases and warehouses to let non-specialists ask questions, create charts, maintain dashboards, and embed analytics in products. Compared with heavier BI suites, the Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop packages make it easy to start a local or small self-hosted server for evaluation, internal reporting, or development.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/metabase
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase
- https://www.metabase.com/blog/they-grow-up-so-fast
- https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/
- https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/questions/introduction
- https://www.metabase.com/docs/latest/questions/query-builder/editor
- https://www.metabase.com/events/building-in-the-open
security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
metabase | cli | global 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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.62.3
manager updated2026-06-24
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.metabase.com/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:metabase |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.62.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/metabase |
| Homepage | https://www.metabase.com/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/metabase/metabase |
| Upstream docs | https://www.metabase.com/docs/all |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://downloads.metabase.com/v0.62.3/metabase.jar |
| Last updated | 2026-06-24T21:59:24Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openjdk |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | metabase |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
metabase
nix profile install nixpkgs#metabase- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Metabase
MacPorts95%
metabase
sudo port install metabase- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Metabase
Scoop95%
main/metabase
scoop install main/metabase- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Metabase
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment