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Install neo4j with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Robust (fully ACID) transactional property graph database. Version 2026.05.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install neo4j

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add cypher-shell

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cypher-shell · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#neo4j

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/neo4j/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Robust (fully ACID) transactional property graph database

Commands and aliases

  • neo4j
  • neo4j-admin

history

Project history and usage

Neo4j is a transactional property graph database centered on nodes, relationships, properties, and the Cypher query language. The Homebrew package installs the self-managed Community Edition tooling, including the neo4j and neo4j-admin executables, and defines a Homebrew service that runs neo4j console from the package prefix.

Project history

Neo4j's official open-source history says development began in 2000 while the founders were building a content management system and needed a relationship-first data model that relational databases did not handle well. The same timeline says the property graph model was invented in 2000, a graph database entered 24/7 production in 2003, and Neo4j 1.0 shipped in 2007 as open-source and commercial packages.

Adoption history

Neo4j helped define the graph database category for package managers and application developers. Neo4j's milestone list connects the project to the NoSQL wave in 2009, Cypher in 2011, the O'Reilly Graph Databases book and GraphConnect conferences in 2012, labeled property graphs in Neo4j 2.0 in 2013, openCypher in 2015, and Bolt/native drivers in Neo4j 3.0 in 2016.

How it is used

Package users tend to install Neo4j locally for development, demos, integration tests, graph modeling, and Cypher experimentation before moving to a managed Aura instance or a production self-managed deployment. Homebrew's formula depends on cypher-shell and OpenJDK 21, exposes neo4j and neo4j-admin, and wires a service for launching the database under the Homebrew var directories.

Why package nerds care

For package history, Neo4j is the major graph database in this batch: a long-lived Java server, a query-language ecosystem, dedicated CLI/admin tools, and many downstream integrations. The Homebrew formula API snapshot generated on 2026-06-30 reported 12,248 installs over 365 days and 720 installs over 30 days, far above the smaller neighboring packages in this batch.

Timeline

  • 2000: Neo4j development begins and the property graph model is invented, according to Neo4j.
  • 2003: First graph database in 24/7 production, according to Neo4j.
  • 2007: Neo4j 1.0 released as open-source and commercial packages.
  • 2011: Cypher launched.
  • 2015: openCypher standards project launched.
  • 2016: Neo4j 3.0 added APOC procedures, Bolt, native drivers, and a cost-based optimizer.
  • 2026-06-30: Homebrew API snapshot listed stable version 2026.05.0.

Related projects

  • Cypher
  • openCypher
  • APOC
  • Bolt
  • cypher-shell
  • Neo4j Aura
  • Neo4j Graph Data Science

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

  • metadata:service
  • text:database

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 2 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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
<NEO4J_HOME>/conf/neo4j.conf<NEO4J_HOME>/conf/neo4j-admin.conf/etc/neo4j/neo4j.conf/etc/neo4j/neo4j-admin.conf
Windows
<NEO4J_HOME>\conf\neo4j.conf<NEO4J_HOME>\conf\neo4j-admin.conf

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
neo4jcliglobal executable
neo4j-admincliglobal 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 version2026.05.0
manager updated2026-06-14
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://neo4j.com/

  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://neo4j.com/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:neo4j
Version2026.05.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/neo4j
Homepagehttps://neo4j.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/neo4j/neo4j
Upstream docshttps://neo4j.com/docs
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://neo4j.com/artifact.php?name=neo4j-community-2026.05.0-unix.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-14T14:47:55+02:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciescypher-shell, openjdk@21
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameneo4j
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

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%

neo4j

nix profile install nixpkgs#neo4j
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Neo4j
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neo4j/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

cypher-shell 4.4.41-r0

Cypher Shell - CLI for Neo4j

https://neo4j.com

sudo apk add cypher-shell
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: neo4j
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Neo4j
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cypher-shell from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

neo4j 4.4.41-r0

Neo4j Community Edition LTS

https://neo4j.com

sudo apk add neo4j
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: neo4j
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Neo4j
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neo4j from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

neo4j-doc 4.4.41-r0

Neo4j Community Edition LTS (documentation)

https://neo4j.com

sudo apk add neo4j-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: neo4j
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Neo4j
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neo4j-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

neo4j-openrc 4.4.41-r0

Neo4j Community Edition LTS (OpenRC init scripts)

https://neo4j.com

sudo apk add neo4j-openrc
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: neo4j
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Neo4j
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neo4j-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

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

Related tools

  • cypher-shellRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • openjdk@21Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • neo4j-mcpPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, cypher, database, graph, graph-database.

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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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment