# Install tile38 with Homebrew, Nix In-memory geolocation data store, spatial index, and realtime geofence. Version 1.38.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#tile38. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tile38 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tile38 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tile38 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/tile38/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tile38 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.38.0 - **Source summary:** In-memory geolocation data store, spatial index, and realtime geofence - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:50:41+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - tile38-cli (cli) - tile38-server (cli) - tile38-cli (alias) - tile38-server (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.38.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tidwall/tile38 - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Tile38 is an open-source, in-memory geolocation data store, spatial index, and realtime geofencing server. Its README describes support for latitude/longitude points, bounding boxes, XYZ tiles, Geohashes, GeoJSON, command-line operation, multiple network protocols, replication, and on-disk persistence. ### Project history The Tile38 GitHub repository was created in March 2016 by Tidwall. From the beginning, the project presented itself as a specialized geospatial data server rather than a general database: a Go binary pair, tile38-server and tile38-cli, centered on location objects, spatial searches, and realtime geofence notifications. Official documentation emphasizes Redis-like ergonomics. Tile38 supports HTTP, WebSockets, telnet, and Redis RESP; returns RESP or JSON; and ships a full command-line interface. That made it familiar to infrastructure users who already understood key/value stores and command-oriented servers. The project has continued as a versioned 1.x server with regular release tags, Docker images, prebuilt binaries, and Homebrew installation instructions. The README also documents client libraries in multiple languages, leader/follower replication, metrics, and a benchmark tool. ### Adoption history Tile38's adoption comes from applications that need live spatial state: fleets, moving assets, map objects, geofence notifications, and nearby/within/intersects queries. Its official examples use a fleet collection with trucks or buses and demonstrate realtime events when objects enter or leave monitored areas. For package-manager users, Tile38 is attractive because a single install provides both server and CLI. Homebrew users can brew install tile38, start tile38-server, and connect with tile38-cli without setting up a larger spatial database stack. GitHub repository metadata shows a substantial open-source audience for a specialized Go database, with thousands of stars, hundreds of forks, and topics around database, geospatial, geofences, location, spatial, and index. ### How it is used Tile38 is used by starting tile38-server and interacting through tile38-cli or supported network protocols. The README's basic workflow sets points in a collection, scans the collection, performs nearby searches, retrieves objects, deletes entries, and drops collections. Its distinctive usage is geofencing. Official docs show SETCHAN and SETHOOK commands that turn a search into a live fence, then stream enter, exit, inside, outside, or cross detections over pub/sub channels or webhooks. Because responses can be JSON or Redis RESP and because clients exist in many languages, Tile38 fits both ad hoc CLI experiments and application integration. ### Why package nerds care Tile38 is significant in package databases because it is a real server hidden behind a small formula name: installing it yields a spatial datastore, CLI, benchmark tool, persistence, replication, and protocol compatibility in one Go-built package. It also represents a common package-nerd pattern: instead of installing PostgreSQL/PostGIS or building a custom service for simple live location problems, users can install a focused daemon with first-class geofence commands and scriptable CLI access. ### Timeline - 2016: GitHub repository for tidwall/tile38 created. - 2016 onward: Tile38 develops as a Go geospatial server with tile38-server and tile38-cli. - 2020s: Official README documents Docker, Homebrew, prebuilt binaries, client libraries, replication, metrics, and release binaries. - 2026: GitHub repository metadata and tags show continued 1.x releases and active maintenance. ### Related projects - Tile38's protocol choices relate it to Redis-style command servers and RESP clients. - Its data model and command set relate it to geospatial databases, spatial indexes, GeoJSON tooling, and geofencing systems. ### 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: data/config ## Credential files - Unix: data/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** tile38 - **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 - tile38: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ti/tile38/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [postgis](https://pkg.so/brew/postgis/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, geospatial. - [electric](https://pkg.so/brew/electric/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, realtime. - [pinot](https://pkg.so/brew/pinot/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, realtime. - [sqlite](https://pkg.so/brew/sqlite/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [redis](https://pkg.so/brew/redis/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [gdbm](https://pkg.so/brew/gdbm/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database. - [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. - [tarantool](https://pkg.so/brew/tarantool/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, in-memory, memory. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tile38.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tile38.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph