install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pinot

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install pinot

Debian stable package indexes · pinot · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Realtime distributed OLAP datastore

Project links

Commands and aliases

pinot-admin
pinot-fs-util
pinot-tools
query-runner
quick-start-auth
quick-start-auth-zk
quick-start-batch
quick-start-complex-type-handling-offline
quick-start-complex-type-handling-streaming
quick-start-hybrid
quick-start-json-index-batch
quick-start-json-index-streaming
quick-start-partial-upsert-streaming
quick-start-streaming
quick-start-upsert-streaming
star-tree-index-viewer
start-broker
start-controller
start-minion
start-server
start-service-manager

history

Project history and usage

Apache Pinot is a distributed real-time OLAP datastore built for low-latency, high-throughput analytics over streaming and batch data.

Project history

Pinot was created at LinkedIn in 2013 to power interactive analytics such as Who Viewed My Profile. LinkedIn open-sourced it in 2015. The project entered the Apache Incubator in October 2018, broadened its contributor community, and became an Apache top-level project in July 2021.

Adoption history

After LinkedIn open-sourced Pinot, contributors and production users expanded beyond its founding company. Apache records identify adoption by organizations including Uber, Stripe, Walmart, DoorDash, and other operators of user-facing analytics systems.

How it is used

Operators deploy controllers, brokers, servers, and optional minions as a Pinot cluster; define schemas and table configurations; ingest batch files or streams such as Kafka topics; and query data through Pinot SQL or supported query-engine and BI integrations.

Why package nerds care

Pinot is prominent among real-time OLAP systems because it combines streaming and batch ingestion with distributed, column-oriented storage designed for low-latency queries at high concurrency. It is frequently evaluated for operational and product-facing analytics rather than offline data warehousing alone.

Timeline

2013: Pinot was created at LinkedIn.
2015: LinkedIn open-sourced Pinot.
2018: Pinot entered the Apache Incubator.
2021: Pinot graduated as an Apache top-level project.
2023: The community announced Apache Pinot 1.0.

Related projects

Apache Kafka
Apache Superset
Presto and Trino
Prometheus
Grafana

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service
text:stream,server

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`pinot-admin`	cli	global executable
`pinot-fs-util`	cli	global executable
`pinot-tools`	cli	global executable
`query-runner`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-auth`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-auth-zk`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-batch`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-complex-type-handling-offline`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-complex-type-handling-streaming`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-hybrid`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-json-index-batch`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-json-index-streaming`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-partial-upsert-streaming`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-streaming`	cli	global executable
`quick-start-upsert-streaming`	cli	global executable
`star-tree-index-viewer`	cli	global executable
`start-broker`	cli	global executable
`start-controller`	cli	global executable
`start-minion`	cli	global executable
`start-server`	cli	global executable
`start-service-manager`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-11-04

manager version1.6.0

manager updated2026-10-29

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://pinot.apache.org/

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://pinot.apache.org/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pinot
Version	1.6.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pinot
Homepage	https://pinot.apache.org/
Repository	https://github.com/apache/pinot
Upstream docs	https://pinot.apache.org/
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua?path=pinot/apache-pinot-1.6.0/apache-pinot-1.6.0-bin.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-10-29T05:01:41Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openjdk@25
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pinot
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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

Debian apt95%

pinot 1.22-1+b1

meta-search engine for local files and web queries

https://github.com/FabriceColin/pinot

sudo apt install pinot

Section: x11
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: pinot
22 dependencies
15 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pinot

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: pinot from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%

pinot 1.21-1build3

meta-search engine for local files and web queries

https://github.com/FabriceColin/pinot

sudo apt install pinot

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
22 dependencies
15 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pinot

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pinot from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pinot.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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