brew / rank 3724

Install collectd with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Statistics collection and monitoring daemon. Version 5.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install collectd.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install collectd

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install collectd

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/collectd/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add collectd

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · collectd · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install collectd

Debian stable package indexes · collectd · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install collectd

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · collectd · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#collectd

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/co/collectd/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install collectd

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · collectd · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Statistics collection and monitoring daemon

Project links

Commands and aliases

collectd
collectd-nagios
collectd-tg
collectdctl
collectdmon

history

Project history and usage

collectd is a small daemon that periodically collects system information and provides mechanisms to store and monitor the collected values.

Project history

The official README presents collectd as a system information collection daemon with a plugin-centered architecture for collecting metrics from operating systems, services, hardware, and applications.

The project has a long 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x release history in its official tag namespace, with later 6.0 release candidates visible in the official repository.

Adoption history

collectd was widely adopted by Unix and Linux distributions as a lightweight host metrics collector before newer cloud-native agents became common. The input package facts show it packaged across apk, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Ubuntu, and zypper ecosystems.

Its plugin set helped it fit many monitoring stacks: local collection, network forwarding, RRD-style storage, and integrations with systems such as Apache, BIND, Ceph, cgroups, DPDK, OpenLDAP, and many hardware or kernel interfaces.

How it is used

Users run collectd as a daemon, configure global settings and LoadPlugin blocks in collectd.conf, and use companion commands such as collectdctl, collectdmon, collectd-nagios, and collectd-tg for control or integration.

Why package nerds care

collectd is package-manager significant because it is a classic plugin-heavy daemon: downstream packages often split or toggle plugin dependencies, ship init/service integration, and place collectd.conf under the package sysconfdir.

Timeline

2000s: collectd 3.x and 4.x release tags appear in the official repository history.
2010s: collectd 5.x becomes the long-running packaged release series.
2020s: Official repository contains 6.0 release-candidate tags.

Related projects

collectd sits in the same operational space as host monitoring agents, metrics forwarders, RRD-based collection setups, and Nagios-compatible monitoring integrations.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

formula declares a Homebrew service.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

formula declares a Homebrew service

Signals

metadata:service

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.

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: sysconfdir/collectd.conf

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`collectd`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`collectd-nagios`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`collectd-tg`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`collectdctl`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`collectdmon`	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 version5.12.0

manager updated2026-07-10

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:collectd
Version	5.12.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://collectd.org/
Repository	https://github.com/collectd/collectd
Last updated	2026-07-10T13:05:06-04:00
Pulse	updated
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.

Debian apt95%

collectd 5.12.0-26

statistics collection and monitoring daemon