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brew install ssdb

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overview

Package summary

NoSQL database supporting many data structures: Redis alternative

Project links

Commands and aliases

ssdb-bench
ssdb-cli
ssdb-dump
ssdb-repair
ssdb-server

history

Project history and usage

SSDB is a LevelDB-backed NoSQL database and command-line server/client package that presents itself as a disk-backed, Redis-compatible alternative.

Project history

The SSDB repository was created in January 2013. Its README describes the project as a high-performance key-value, zset, hashmap, and list database written in C/C++ and built on LevelDB client-server support.

The project ships server and maintenance commands including ssdb-server, ssdb-cli, ssdb-bench, ssdb-dump, and ssdb-repair. The standard quick-start flow in the README builds from source, starts ssdb-server with ssdb.conf, and connects with the command-line client on port 8888.

Adoption history

SSDB's own documentation states that it was stable, production-ready, and used by Internet companies including QIHU 360. Its GitHub repository accumulated thousands of stars and forks, while Homebrew packaged release 1.9.9 from the upstream GitHub tag.

How it is used

The common package-manager use case is running ssdb-server with an ssdb.conf file, then using ssdb-cli for interactive administration or Redis-like data operations. The documentation also covers clients, replication, backup/import, clustering, high availability, and importing LevelDB data.

Why package nerds care

SSDB is interesting to package maintainers because it is a small C/C++ datastore with bundled command-line tools, a visible configuration file, LevelDB heritage, and Redis-client compatibility claims. That makes it a useful example of the 2010s wave of Redis-adjacent databases that package managers carried for developers experimenting with alternative persistence tradeoffs.

Timeline

2013-01: GitHub repository created.
2013-2020: Official documentation copyright range.
2020-02: 1.9.7 release published on GitHub.
2020-09: 1.9.8 release fixed a binlog resource leak.
2020-10: 1.9.9 release packaged by Homebrew.

Related projects

Related projects and concepts include Redis, LevelDB, ssdb-docs, ssdb-bin, and SSDB client libraries for languages such as C++, PHP, Python, Java, Node.js, Ruby, and Go.

Sources

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,sql,server

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 13 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.

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: ssdb.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`ssdb-bench`	cli	global executable
`ssdb-cli`	cli	global executable
`ssdb-dump`	cli	global executable
`ssdb-repair`	cli	global executable
`ssdb-server`	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 version1.9.9

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected1.9.9

https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:ssdb
Version	1.9.9
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ssdb
Homepage	https://ssdb.io/
Repository	https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb
Upstream docs	https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb#readme
License	BSD-3-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb/archive/refs/tags/1.9.9.tar.gz
Build dependencies	autoconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	ssdb
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	head stable

package graph

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

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.

combined/ssdb.yml

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
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install ssdb with Homebrew