macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install chainhooklocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install chainhook with Homebrew, winget
Reorg-aware indexing engine for the Stacks & Bitcoin blockchains. Version 1.9.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with winget: winget install --id HiroSystems.Chainhook -e.
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Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id HiroSystems.Chainhook -eWindows Package Manager source index · HiroSystems.Chainhook · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Reorg-aware indexing engine for the Stacks & Bitcoin blockchains
Project links
Commands and aliases
- chainhook
history
Project history and usage
Chainhook is Hiro Systems' reorg-aware indexing and event trigger engine for Stacks and Bitcoin. It lets developers define predicates for the on-chain events they care about and send matching events to files or HTTP endpoints.
Project history
The official README describes Chainhook as a transaction indexing engine for reliable blockchain data across forks and reorgs, focused on lighter indexes and IFTTT-style predicates. Hiro's August 2023 release roundup says Hiro launched Chainhook as an open-source engine for efficient indexing and webhook-style triggers.
Adoption history
The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS, Snap for Linux, Winget for Windows, GitHub release builds, and source builds with cargo. Hiro later described programmatic API access for platform-hosted chainhooks, and 2025-2026 Hiro posts describe Chainhook 2.0/v2 testing, beta, and general availability, showing the concept moved from local CLI engine into hosted platform infrastructure.
How it is used
Developers create predicate JSON files for Bitcoin or Stacks, scan chain data with a local bitcoind or Stacks node, and route matches through actions such as HTTP POST or file append. The README covers txid, output, OP_RETURN, Ordinals, Stacks asset, event, contract-call, and contract-deployment predicates.
Why package nerds care
Chainhook is notable because it packages blockchain indexing as a developer-controlled CLI rather than only as a hosted API. For package ecosystems, it is also a Rust/Cargo-era tool distributed through Brew, Snap, Winget, source builds, and GitHub releases, aimed at developers who need reproducible local and CI behavior around on-chain events.
Timeline
- 2023: Hiro launched Chainhook as an open-source engine for efficient indexing and webhook-style triggers.
- 2024: Hiro released Chainhook v1.3.0 with Prometheus metrics support.
- 2025: Hiro reported Chainhook 2.0 alpha testing and later limited-access beta.
- 2026: Hiro announced Chainhooks v2 generally available and migration away from hosted v1.
Related projects
- Chainhook is related to the Stacks Blockchain API, Hiro Platform, Clarinet/devnet workflows, bitcoind, Ordhook, Ordinals indexing, and Bitcoin/Stacks node infrastructure.
Sources
- https://github.com/hirosystems/chainhook#readme
- https://www.hiro.so/blog/release-roundup-august-2023
- https://www.hiro.so/blog/release-roundup-february-2024
- https://www.hiro.so/blog/announcing-programmatic-api-access-to-chainhook-and-devnet
- https://www.hiro.so/blog/release-roundup---september-2025
- https://www.hiro.so/blog/chainhooks-v2-is-now-generally-available
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
chainhook | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.9.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:chainhook |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/hirosystems/chainhook |
| Repository | https://github.com/hirosystems/chainhook |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
winget95%
HiroSystems.Chainhook
winget install --id HiroSystems.Chainhook -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Chainhook
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation