# Install metabase with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Business intelligence report server. Version 0.62.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-24. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:metabase ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install metabase ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install metabase ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: databases/metabase/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#metabase ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/metabase/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/metabase ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/metabase.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:metabase - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.62.3 - **Source summary:** Business intelligence report server - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** AGPL-3.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-24T21:59:24Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - metabase (cli) - metabase (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: 0.62.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-24 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.metabase.com/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 - - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - metabase: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/metabase/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - metabase: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: databases/metabase/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/metabase: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/metabase.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [opensearch-dashboards](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/opensearch-dashboards/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, data-visualization. - [solr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/solr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, server. - [apache-arrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-arrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data. - [arcadedb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arcadedb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, server. - [clip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-visualization. - [cubejs-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cubejs-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data. - [duckdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/duckdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data. - [fuseki](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fuseki/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, server. - [trino](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/trino/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: analytics, cli, data, openjdk, server. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/metabase.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/metabase.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph