# Install opensearch-dashboards with Homebrew, pacman Open source visualization dashboards for OpenSearch. Version 3.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:opensearch-dashboards ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install opensearch-dashboards ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S opensearch-dashboards ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: opensearch-dashboards from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:opensearch-dashboards - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.7.0 - **Source summary:** Open source visualization dashboards for OpenSearch - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:05:44-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - opensearch-dashboards (cli) - opensearch-dashboards-keystore (cli) - opensearch-dashboards-plugin (cli) - use_node (cli) - opensearch-dashboards (alias) - opensearch-dashboards-keystore (alias) - opensearch-dashboards-plugin (alias) - use_node (alias) ## Dependencies - node@22 ## Build dependencies - yarn ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Caveats: Data: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/lib/opensearch-dashboards/ Logs: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/log/opensearch-dashboards/opensearch-dashboards.log Plugins: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/var/opensearch-dashboards/plugins/ Config: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/opensearch-dashboards/ - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 3.7.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage OpenSearch Dashboards is the web UI and visualization layer for OpenSearch. It is the part of the OpenSearch stack that operators, analysts, and developers use to explore indexed data, build dashboards, manage clusters, and work through observability and security analytics workflows. ### Project history AWS announced OpenSearch in April 2021 as an Apache-2.0 open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. OpenSearch Dashboards was derived from Kibana 7.10.2, while OpenSearch itself was derived from Elasticsearch 7.10.2. The OpenSearch team described the early fork work as beginning on January 21, 2021, with the public release preparation preserving 7.10 branch history for attribution and removing code that was not compatible with Apache License 2.0. OpenSearch Dashboards was therefore born less as a greenfield UI and more as the open visualization half of a search-suite continuity effort. OpenSearch 1.0 reached general availability in July 2021 with Dashboards released as the paired UI. In September 2024, the broader OpenSearch project moved under the OpenSearch Software Foundation, a Linux Foundation project, giving Dashboards the same vendor-neutral governance home as the engine. ### Adoption history Dashboards adoption follows OpenSearch adoption because it is the default web console for the stack. The OpenSearch FAQ documented migration paths from Kibana OSS to OpenSearch Dashboards, including restart upgrades from Kibana OSS 6.8.0 through 7.10.2. Cloud providers and platform teams expose OpenSearch Dashboards as the human interface for managed OpenSearch domains. AWS documentation describes Dashboards as a visualization tool for exploring and analyzing data within an OpenSearch domain. ### How it is used Users create index patterns and visualizations, inspect logs and metrics, run searches, monitor clusters, and operate plugin-provided experiences such as observability or security analytics. The official documentation describes Dashboards as capable of performing many tasks available through OpenSearch APIs while also creating visualizations and data dashboards. Package users get several executables through the formula, including `opensearch-dashboards`, `opensearch-dashboards-plugin`, and `opensearch-dashboards-keystore`, reflecting the common admin tasks of running the server, managing plugins, and storing secure settings. ### Why package nerds care OpenSearch Dashboards matters to package nerds because it is a large TypeScript/JavaScript application distributed in lockstep with a Java search engine. Its packaging has to align browser assets, Node-era build constraints, plugins, security settings, and strict version compatibility with OpenSearch clusters. ### Timeline - 2021-01-21: OpenSearch release-preparation work began from the Elasticsearch and Kibana 7.10 branches. - 2021-04-12: AWS announced OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards as forks of Elasticsearch and Kibana. - 2021-07-12: OpenSearch 1.0 and the paired Dashboards 1.0 release reached general availability. - 2024-09-16: The OpenSearch Software Foundation launched under the Linux Foundation, giving the project a vendor-neutral foundation home. ### Related projects - OpenSearch Dashboards is tightly coupled to OpenSearch and descends from Kibana OSS. Its plugin ecosystem includes observability, security analytics, alerting, reporting, and query-language experiences that live across multiple OpenSearch project repositories. ### Sources - - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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 - Unix: config/opensearch_dashboards.yml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** opensearch-dashboards - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - pacman - opensearch-dashboards - 3.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: opensearch-dashboards from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Open source visualization dashboards for OpenSearch | https://docs.opensearch.org/latest/dashboards/ ## 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. - [yarn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yarn/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [solr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/solr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, search. - [carrot2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/carrot2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [clip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-visualization, visualization. - [meilisearch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meilisearch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [opensearch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/opensearch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, data, search. - [pgroonga](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pgroonga/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [sonic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sonic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, search. - [spark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spark/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-visualization, visualization. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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