# Install unitycatalog with Homebrew, chocolatey, winget Open, Multi-modal Catalog for Data & AI. Version 0.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-17. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:unitycatalog ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install unitycatalog ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install uc ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: uc from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.8399997','dnscrypt-proxy' - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Alibaba.UC -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Alibaba.UC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:unitycatalog - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.0 - **Source summary:** Open, Multi-modal Catalog for Data & AI - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-17T22:22:09Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - start-uc-server (cli) - uc (cli) - start-uc-server (alias) - uc (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk@21 ## Build dependencies - sbt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.5.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-17 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/unitycatalog/unitycatalog - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.0 (current) ## Project history and usage Unity Catalog is an open source catalog and governance project for data and AI assets. In package-manager terms, the formula is useful because it installs both a local server launcher and a CLI for experimenting with catalogs, schemas, tables, volumes, functions, models, and integrations. ### Project history The official documentation describes Unity Catalog as an open, multimodal catalog with an OpenAPI specification and Apache-2.0 implementation. It is designed to support multiple table formats, compute engines, and asset types, including tabular data, files, functions, and AI models. The project launched publicly in July 2024. By the 0.2 release, the official blog highlighted external authentication, MLflow model support, Apache Spark and Delta Lake integration, and a new UI. The docs also note hosting under the LF AI & Data Foundation as a sandbox project. ### Adoption history Unity Catalog's adoption story is tied to the lakehouse and AI-governance ecosystem rather than to a single CLI audience. The upstream README lists ecosystem support from cloud providers, query engines, data tooling vendors, AI tooling projects, and governance vendors. For local package users, adoption starts with the quickstart workflow: run the UC server locally, then use the uc CLI to inspect and operate on catalog content. That makes the Homebrew package valuable as a reproducible local test harness for an otherwise infrastructure-oriented system. ### How it is used The official quickstart shows a two-terminal workflow: start the Unity Catalog server, then use the CLI to list catalogs and schemas, operate on Delta tables, and exercise sample assets. Integration docs cover Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow model registration, Spice, LiteLLM, and AI function tooling. Configuration is server-centered. Official auth docs point users at etc/conf/server.properties for identity-provider settings and describe local authorization data, while the quickstart and server docs keep the CLI/server pairing visible. ### Why package nerds care Unity Catalog is package-nerd significant because it gives data engineers a local, open source implementation of a catalog API that otherwise lives in managed data-platform environments. A package manager can turn a governance server plus CLI into a fast local sandbox. It also reflects a newer packaging pattern: CLI tools for AI and data infrastructure increasingly bundle local servers, OpenAPI-compatible services, sample data, auth configuration, and integrations with heavyweight runtimes such as Spark and MLflow. ### Timeline - 2024: Unity Catalog launched publicly as an open source project. - 2024: Version 0.2 added external authentication, MLflow model support, Spark and Delta Lake integration, and a UI. - 2025: Documentation described Unity Catalog as an LF AI & Data Foundation sandbox project with open APIs and multimodal data and AI asset support. ### Related projects - Related technologies in the official docs and README include Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg REST catalog compatibility, Apache Hive metastore API compatibility, MLflow, Spice OSS, LiteLLM, and table formats such as Delta, Iceberg, Hudi, Parquet, JSON, and CSV. - The project also has a Rust implementation effort, unitycatalog-rs, which points to interest in native catalog implementations beyond the primary repository. ### Sources - - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - 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: etc/conf/server.properties, etc/conf/server.log4j2.properties, etc/conf/hibernate.properties ## Credential files - Unix: etc/conf/server.properties, etc/conf/token.txt ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** unitycatalog - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Chocolatey - uc: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: uc from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.8399997','dnscrypt-proxy' - winget - Alibaba.UC: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Alibaba.UC from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - Alibaba.UCCloudDrive: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Alibaba.UCCloudDrive from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - MaxDiesel.UnrealCommander: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: MaxDiesel.UnrealCommander from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [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. - [openjdk@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-21/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [sbt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sbt/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [marmot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marmot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, catalog, cli, data, data-catalog. - [lakekeeper](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lakekeeper/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: catalog, cli, data. - [nessie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nessie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: catalog, cli, data. - [gravitino](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gravitino/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, data-catalog. - [marcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, metadata. - [tika](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tika/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, metadata. - [weaviate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/weaviate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, data. - [whodb-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/whodb-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ai, cli, data. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/unitycatalog.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/unitycatalog.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