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Tool for developing on the Datadog Agent platform. Version 0.37.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with winget: winget install --id Datadog.dda -e.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask dda

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Tool for developing on the Datadog Agent platform

Commands and aliases

  • dda

history

Project history and usage

Datadog Agent Dev, installed as dda, is Datadog's CLI for developing on the Datadog Agent platform. Its README describes it as the main interface for that development workflow and points users to the generated documentation site.

Project history

The datadog-agent-dev repository was created in September 2024 and publishes versioned releases independently of the larger datadog-agent repository. The Homebrew cask packaging uses a prebuilt dda archive from the datadog-agent-dev release stream.

Adoption history

dda is primarily an internal and contributor-facing developer tool rather than a broad consumer utility. Its package-manager value is that contributors can install the same CLI entry point without first bootstrapping the Python project from source.

How it is used

The official docs organize dda around commands, configuration, tools, environments, and developer workflows for the Datadog Agent. Its config reference documents a platform-specific config.toml location and a config command group for managing the file.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, dda is interesting as a vendor-maintained project-specific CLI: a cask-distributed binary that wraps a large engineering workflow and codifies repository conventions into commands.

Timeline

  • 2024: datadog-agent-dev repository created
  • 2025: Documentation site shows Datadog copyright from 2025-present
  • 2026: v0.35.0 release published

Related projects

  • datadog-agent, Hatch, Ruff, Mypy

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dda. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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.

Linux
~/.local/share/dd-agent-dev/config.toml
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/dd-agent-dev/config.toml
Windows
%LOCALAPPDATA%\dd-agent-dev\config.toml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux
~/.local/share/dd-agent-dev/config.toml
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/dd-agent-dev/config.toml
Windows
%LOCALAPPDATA%\dd-agent-dev\config.toml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ddabinaryHomebrew cask binarydda

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 generated2026-07-25
manager version0.37.0
manager updated2026-07-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:dda
Version0.37.0
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dda
Homepagehttps://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent
Repositoryhttps://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent
Source archivehttps://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev/releases/download/v0.37.0/dda-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-22T01:09:24Z
Pulseupdated
SHA-2568463be751a635a2926e854f6623685607b6ddf57d02a17fd85df4803848b5b54
Download URLhttps://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent-dev/releases/download/v0.37.0/dda-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokendda
Names
  • dda
Artifacts
Binary
1
Target
1
Uninstall
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

winget95%

Datadog.dda

winget install --id Datadog.dda -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dda
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Datadog.dda from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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.

Used sources

  • 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