# Install storm with Homebrew, apt, Nix Distributed realtime computation system to process data streams. Version 2.8.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:storm ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install storm ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install python3-storm ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: python3-storm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#storm ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/storm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:storm - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.8.8 - **Source summary:** Distributed realtime computation system to process data streams - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-19T04:50:21Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - storm (cli) - storm (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Uses from macOS - python ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 2.8.8 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://storm.apache.org - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Apache Storm is a distributed real-time computation system for processing unbounded streams. In package-manager and CLI culture it is the `storm` command plus a cluster runtime: users install it to submit, manage, and operate streaming topologies. ### Project history The Apache Software Foundation says Storm was originally developed at BackType before Twitter acquired BackType, and that it entered the Apache Incubator in September 2013. Apache announced Storm as a Top-Level Project in September 2014, marking its graduation into ASF governance. ### Adoption history Apache's graduation announcement framed Storm as mature technology with a robust community and named contributors from Hortonworks, Twitter, Verisign, Yahoo, and others. Yahoo's quoted statement in that announcement said Storm was widely adopted there for real-time data processing, including content personalization, advertising, and mobile development. ### How it is used The Storm site describes it as doing for real-time processing what Hadoop did for batch processing, with use cases including real-time analytics, online machine learning, continuous computation, distributed RPC, and ETL. Operators use the packaged `storm` command and `conf/storm.yaml`-style configuration to run and manage the system. ### Why package nerds care Storm matters to package nerds because it represents the early wave of big-data infrastructure that became installable as normal open-source packages: a Java/Clojure distributed system, a CLI, daemon processes, YAML configuration, Maven artifacts, and ASF release discipline. ### Timeline - 2013: Storm enters the Apache Incubator. - 2014: Apache Storm graduates to an ASF Top-Level Project. - 2016: Apache Storm 1.0.0 Stable is released as a major milestone. - 2019: Apache Storm 2.0.0 reimplements core functionality in Java and improves contributor accessibility. - 2026: Apache Storm 2.8.8 is listed as the current site download. ### Related projects - The Apache Storm site compares its role to Hadoop for batch processing and documents integrations with queueing and database technologies. Its ecosystem includes topology APIs, spouts, bolts, Trident, Kafka integration, and Maven artifacts. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for storm. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: conf/storm.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** storm - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - python3-storm - 1.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-storm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | object-relational mapper (ORM) for Python 3 | https://storm.canonical.com/ - Nix - storm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/storm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - python3-storm - 0.26-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-storm from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | object-relational mapper (ORM) for Python 3 | https://storm.canonical.com/ ## Related links - [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. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [apache-flink](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-flink/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, stream-processing. - [hadoop](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hadoop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, distributed-computing. - [nifi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nifi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, etl, stream-processing. - [apache-spark](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-spark/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, data-processing. - [kapacitor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kapacitor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-processing, etl. - [pinot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pinot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data, realtime. - [apache-arrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-arrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. - [apache-drill](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-drill/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, data. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/storm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/storm.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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