macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install prometheuslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install prometheusMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/prometheus/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 1150
Install prometheus with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper
Service monitoring system and time series database. Version 3.15.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-21. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install golang-github-prometheus-prometheus-dev.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add prometheusAlpine Linux edge package indexes · prometheus · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install prometheusDebian stable package indexes · prometheus · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install prometheusFedora Rawhide package metadata · prometheus · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#prometheusnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pr/prometheus/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S prometheusArch Linux sync databases · prometheus · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install golang-github-prometheus-prometheusopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · golang-github-prometheus-prometheus · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/prometheusScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/prometheus.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Service monitoring system and time series database
Project links
Commands and aliases
- prometheus
- prometheus_brew_services
- promtool
history
Project history and usage
Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit that scrapes labeled time-series metrics, stores them locally, queries them with PromQL, and evaluates recording and alerting rules.
Project history
Prometheus began at SoundCloud in 2012 as an open-source monitoring and alerting system designed for service-oriented and increasingly dynamic infrastructure.
Prometheus 1.0 arrived in July 2016 with stability commitments for core APIs, PromQL, the data model, rule formats, and configuration. Prometheus 2.0 followed in November 2017 with a new storage subsystem designed for higher churn and better resource efficiency.
Adoption history
Prometheus was introduced for production monitoring at SoundCloud in 2013, gained early users including Docker and Boxever in 2014, and was publicly announced in January 2015.
In 2016 it joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation as the foundation's second hosted project after Kubernetes. CNCF graduated Prometheus in 2018, citing its maturity, stability, governance, and widening adoption.
How it is used
Operators define scrape jobs, service discovery, and rule files in `prometheus.yml`, then query stored series with PromQL. Configuration can be reloaded with `SIGHUP` or the lifecycle HTTP endpoint.
A typical deployment combines application instrumentation and exporters with a Prometheus server, Alertmanager for notification delivery, and Grafana for production dashboards.
Why package nerds care
Prometheus made pull-based metric collection, labeled multidimensional time series, PromQL, exporters, and service discovery central conventions of cloud-native operations.
It is both a package and the center of an ecosystem: exporters expose host or application metrics, Prometheus scrapes and stores them, recording and alerting rules evaluate them, Alertmanager routes alerts, and dashboard systems visualize the resulting series.
Timeline
- 2012: Prometheus development began at SoundCloud.
- 2013: SoundCloud introduced Prometheus for production monitoring.
- 2015: Prometheus was publicly announced.
- 2016-07-18: Prometheus 1.0 was released.
- 2016: Prometheus joined CNCF as its second hosted project.
- 2017-11-08: Prometheus 2.0 was announced with a new storage subsystem.
- 2018-08-09: Prometheus graduated within CNCF.
Related projects
- Alertmanager handles notification grouping and routing for alerts generated by Prometheus rules. Exporters translate machine and third-party system metrics into Prometheus's exposition format.
- Grafana added native Prometheus support in 2015 and became the project's recommended production dashboard interface.
Sources
- https://prometheus.io/blog/2016/01/26/one-year-of-open-prometheus-development/
- https://prometheus.io/blog/2016/07/18/prometheus-1-0-released/
- https://prometheus.io/blog/2017/11/08/announcing-prometheus-2-0/
- https://prometheus.io/blog/2018/08/09/prometheus-graduates-within-cncf/
- https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/
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:database
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 5 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.
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.
- Unix
prometheus.yml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
prometheus | cli | global executable | |
prometheus_brew_services | cli | global executable | |
promtool | 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 version3.15.1
manager updated2026-10-21
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv3.15.1
https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:prometheus |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.15.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/prometheus |
| Homepage | https://prometheus.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus |
| Upstream docs | https://prometheus.io/ |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/archive/refs/tags/v3.15.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-10-21T18:16:30Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | gnu-tar, go, node, pnpm |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
| Caveats | When run from `brew services`, `prometheus` is run from `prometheus_brew_services` and uses the flags in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/prometheus.args |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | prometheus |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
golang-github-prometheus-prometheus-dev 2.53.3+ds1-2
Prometheus monitoring system and time series database (library)
sudo apt install golang-github-prometheus-prometheus-dev- Section: golang
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: prometheus
- 32 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
Debian apt95%
prometheus 2.53.3+ds1-2
monitoring system and time series database
sudo apt install prometheus- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- 13 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
Debian apt95%
promtool 2.53.3+ds1-2
tooling for the Prometheus monitoring system
sudo apt install promtool- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: prometheus
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
Nix95%
prometheus
nix profile install nixpkgs#prometheus- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
Ubuntu apt95%
prometheus 2.45.3+ds-2build1
monitoring system and time series database
sudo apt install prometheus- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- 12 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
apk95%
prometheus 3.13.2-r0
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
sudo apk add prometheus- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: prometheus
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
apk95%
prometheus-openrc 3.13.2-r0
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database (OpenRC init scripts)
https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
sudo apk add prometheus-openrc- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: prometheus
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
dnf95%
prometheus 3.13.1-2.fc45
Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus
sudo dnf install prometheus- License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT AND MIT-0 AND MPL-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: prometheus
- 5 dependencies
- 6 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
pacman95%
prometheus 3.14.0-1
An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit
sudo pacman -S prometheus- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
zypper95%
golang-github-prometheus-prometheus 3.13.2-1.1
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
sudo zypper install golang-github-prometheus-prometheus- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: System/Monitoring
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: golang-github-prometheus-prometheus
- 6 dependencies
- 3 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
MacPorts95%
prometheus
sudo port install prometheus- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
Scoop95%
main/prometheus
scoop install main/prometheus- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Prometheus
source trail
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- 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
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation