# Install bigquery-emulator with Homebrew, Nix Emulate a GCP BigQuery server on your local machine. Version 0.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#bigquery-emulator. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:bigquery-emulator ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install bigquery-emulator ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#bigquery-emulator ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bigquery-emulator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:bigquery-emulator - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.8.1 - **Source summary:** Emulate a GCP BigQuery server on your local machine - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T10:56:33+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - bigquery-emulator (cli) - bigquery-emulator (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.8.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/goccy/bigquery-emulator - Upstream latest detected: v0.8.1 (current) ## Project history and usage BigQuery Emulator is a Go-based local server that emulates Google BigQuery APIs for tests and development without a cloud project or credentials. ### Project history The official README says the maintainer built the project in 2022 after a long-standing request for an official BigQuery emulator remained unresolved. GitHub metadata shows the repository was created on 2022-06-20, followed by early v0.1.x releases in July and August 2022. ### Adoption history The project targets developers who need BigQuery-compatible integration tests. Its README documents use from the `bq` CLI, official Google client libraries, Docker images, Go embedding, and release archives; the input package facts show it packaged by Homebrew and Nix. ### How it is used Typical package use is to run `bigquery-emulator --project=test`, point clients at the local REST and gRPC ports, optionally persist state in SQLite, and seed datasets from YAML. ### Why package nerds care It is package-nerd interesting because it makes a cloud data warehouse workflow reproducible from a local binary: no service account, no live GCP project, and no heavyweight container stack if the CLI package is enough. ### Timeline - 2022-06-20: GitHub repository created. - 2022-07-09: v0.1.0 release published. - 2022-08-07: v0.1.4 release published. ### Related projects - Related projects and dependencies include Google BigQuery, the `bq` CLI, Google Cloud BigQuery client libraries, SQLite, and the maintainer's googlesqlite engine. ### Sources - GitHub repository and release metadata from api.github.com. - Official GitHub README. - Package adoption from source_facts.package-manager. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for bigquery-emulator. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** bigquery-emulator - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - bigquery-emulator: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/bigquery-emulator/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [awscli-local](https://pkg.so/brew/awscli-local/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, testing. - [testkube](https://pkg.so/brew/testkube/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, testing. - [container-structure-test](https://pkg.so/brew/container-structure-test/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, testing. - [azurite](https://pkg.so/brew/azurite/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, emulator. - [c7n](https://pkg.so/brew/c7n/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gcp. - [fakecloud](https://pkg.so/brew/fakecloud/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, emulator. - [kwok](https://pkg.so/brew/kwok/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, testing. - [driftctl](https://pkg.so/brew/driftctl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gcp. - [azurite](https://pkg.so/npm/azurite/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, emulator, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/bigquery-emulator.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/bigquery-emulator.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph