# Install ssdb with Homebrew NoSQL database supporting many data structures: Redis alternative. Version 1.9.9 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ssdb ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ssdb ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ssdb - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.9.9 - **Source summary:** NoSQL database supporting many data structures: Redis alternative - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - ssdb-bench (cli) - ssdb-cli (cli) - ssdb-dump (cli) - ssdb-repair (cli) - ssdb-server (cli) - ssdb-bench (alias) - ssdb-cli (alias) - ssdb-dump (alias) - ssdb-repair (alias) - ssdb-server (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.9.9 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ideawu/ssdb - Upstream latest detected: 1.9.9 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage SSDB is a LevelDB-backed NoSQL database and command-line server/client package that presents itself as a disk-backed, Redis-compatible alternative. ### Project history The SSDB repository was created in January 2013. Its README describes the project as a high-performance key-value, zset, hashmap, and list database written in C/C++ and built on LevelDB client-server support. The project ships server and maintenance commands including ssdb-server, ssdb-cli, ssdb-bench, ssdb-dump, and ssdb-repair. The standard quick-start flow in the README builds from source, starts ssdb-server with ssdb.conf, and connects with the command-line client on port 8888. ### Adoption history SSDB's own documentation states that it was stable, production-ready, and used by Internet companies including QIHU 360. Its GitHub repository accumulated thousands of stars and forks, while Homebrew packaged release 1.9.9 from the upstream GitHub tag. ### How it is used The common package-manager use case is running ssdb-server with an ssdb.conf file, then using ssdb-cli for interactive administration or Redis-like data operations. The documentation also covers clients, replication, backup/import, clustering, high availability, and importing LevelDB data. ### Why package nerds care SSDB is interesting to package maintainers because it is a small C/C++ datastore with bundled command-line tools, a visible configuration file, LevelDB heritage, and Redis-client compatibility claims. That makes it a useful example of the 2010s wave of Redis-adjacent databases that package managers carried for developers experimenting with alternative persistence tradeoffs. ### Timeline - 2013-01: GitHub repository created. - 2013-2020: Official documentation copyright range. - 2020-02: 1.9.7 release published on GitHub. - 2020-09: 1.9.8 release fixed a binlog resource leak. - 2020-10: 1.9.9 release packaged by Homebrew. ### Related projects - Related projects and concepts include Redis, LevelDB, ssdb-docs, ssdb-bin, and SSDB client libraries for languages such as C++, PHP, Python, Java, Node.js, Ruby, and Go. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - formula declares a Homebrew service ## 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 - Unix: ssdb.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ssdb - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [autoconf](https://pkg.so/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cassandra](https://pkg.so/brew/cassandra/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value, nosql. - [couchdb](https://pkg.so/brew/couchdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, nosql. - [orientdb](https://pkg.so/brew/orientdb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, nosql. - [arcadedb](https://pkg.so/brew/arcadedb/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, key-value. - [dynein](https://pkg.so/brew/dynein/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, nosql. - [mysql](https://pkg.so/brew/mysql/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [postgresql@14](https://pkg.so/brew/postgresql-14/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [postgresql@16](https://pkg.so/brew/postgresql-16/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [keydb](https://pkg.so/brew/keydb/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, compatible, data, database, key. - [redis-leveldb](https://pkg.so/brew/redis-leveldb/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, compatible, data, database, key. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ssdb.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ssdb.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph