# dexter mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dexter in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:dexter
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dexter
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dexter
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/dexter/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:dexter
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dexter>
- **Version:** 0.6.3
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Automatic indexer for Postgres
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ankane/dexter>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ankane/dexter>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/ankane/dexter/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.3.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:03:09-07:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- dexter (cli)
- dexter (Alias)

## Abhängigkeiten

- libpq
- ruby

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.6.3
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-22
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/ankane/dexter
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.6.3 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Dexter is an automatic index recommender for PostgreSQL that analyzes query sources and proposes indexes using HypoPG before optionally creating them.

### Projektgeschichte

The official tag history starts in 2017, and the changelog shows a steady 0.x series focused on safer index suggestions, more input sources, PostgreSQL compatibility, Docker and Linux packaging, and support for newer Ruby and PostgreSQL versions.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Dexter entered the PostgreSQL performance-tool niche as a command-line utility that can read pg_stat_statements, live activity, log files, SQL files, and stdin. Its README documents installation through RubyGems, Docker, Homebrew, and Linux packages.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A typical run points Dexter at a database and a query source, such as `dexter -d dbname --pg-stat-statements`. By default it reports candidate indexes; creating indexes requires an explicit `--create` flag.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The package is notable because it bridges application-level package managers and database-server extension packaging: the CLI is easy to install, but useful operation also depends on HypoPG being present and enabled on the PostgreSQL server.

### Zeitleiste

- 2017: v0.1.0 appears in the official tag history.
- 2017: early releases add pg_stat_statements, psql-style connection options, CSV input, multicolumn indexes, and schema support.
- 2023: v0.5.0 adds normalized-query support and changes several input and HypoPG safety defaults.
- 2025: v0.6.0 adds Linux packages for Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 12 while dropping older runtime support.

### Related projects

- Dexter is tightly related to PostgreSQL, pg_stat_statements, pg_stat_activity, server log analysis, pg_query, and the HypoPG extension for hypothetical indexes.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/ankane/dexter#readme>
- <https://github.com/ankane/dexter/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/ankane/dexter/tags>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** dexter
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Conflicts With:** dexter-lsp
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - dexter: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/dexter/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/de/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [ruby](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ruby/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libpq](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libpq/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [postgresql@14](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgresql-14/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [postgresql@16](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgresql-16/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [postgresql@17](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgresql-17/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [postgresql@18](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgresql-18/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [postgresql@15](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgresql-15/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [postgis](https://pkg.so/de/brew/postgis/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [lazysql](https://pkg.so/de/brew/lazysql/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [doltgres](https://pkg.so/de/brew/doltgres/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, data, database, postgresql.
- [pgslice](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pgslice/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, database, libpq, postgres.
- [pgsync](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pgsync/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, data, database, libpq, postgres.
- [kitchen-sync](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kitchen-sync/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, data, database, libpq, postgresql.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dexter.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dexter.yml)


## Quellen

- 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