# Install docker-compose

Isolated development environments using Docker. Version 5.1.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:docker-compose
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: python/docker-compose/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: docker-compose from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: docker-compose from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#docker-compose
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: docker-compose from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S docker-compose
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: docker-compose from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: docker-compose from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install docker-compose
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: docker-compose from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ditto.portable'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/docker-compose
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/docker-compose.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Docker.DockerCompose -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.DockerCompose from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:docker-compose
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docker-compose>
- **Version:** 5.1.4
- **Source summary:** Isolated development environments using Docker
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.docker.com/compose/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/docker/compose>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://docs.docker.com/compose>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/docker/compose/archive/refs/tags/v5.1.4.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T18:49:24Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- docker-compose (cli)
- docker-compose (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Caveats: Compose is a Docker plugin. For Docker to find the plugin, add "cliPluginsExtraDirs" to ~/.docker/config.json: "cliPluginsExtraDirs": [ "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/lib/docker/cli-plugins" ]
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 5.1.4
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/docker/compose
- Upstream latest detected: v5.1.4 (current)

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** docker-compose
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - docker-compose - 2.26.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: docker-compose from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Define and run multi-container applications with Docker (program) | https://github.com/docker/compose
- Nix - docker-compose: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: docker-compose from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Ubuntu apt - docker-compose - 1.29.2-6ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: docker-compose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | define and run multi-container Docker applications with YAML | https://docs.docker.com/compose/
- Ubuntu apt - python3-compose - 1.29.2-6ubuntu1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-compose from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Python implementation of docker-compose file specification | https://docs.docker.com/compose/
- dnf - docker-compose - 5.1.4-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: docker-compose from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Define and run multi-container applications with Docker | https://github.com/docker/compose
- pacman - docker-compose - 5.1.4-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: docker-compose from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Fast, isolated development environments using Docker | https://www.docker.com/
- zypper - docker-compose - 5.1.4-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: docker-compose from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Define and run multi-container applications with Docker | https://github.com/docker/compose
- MacPorts - docker-compose: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: python/docker-compose/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - docker-compose: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: docker-compose from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ditto.portable'
- Scoop - main/docker-compose: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/docker-compose.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Docker.DockerCompose: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.DockerCompose from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
