# Install datafusion with Homebrew, Nix

Apache Arrow DataFusion and Ballista query engines. Version 54.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-21. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#datafusion-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:datafusion
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install datafusion
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#datafusion-cli
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/datafusion-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:datafusion
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 54.1.0
- **Source summary:** Apache Arrow DataFusion and Ballista query engines
- **Homepage:** <https://arrow.apache.org/datafusion>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/apache/datafusion>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T19:01:07Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- datafusion-cli (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 54.1.0
## Project history and usage

Apache DataFusion is an extensible Rust query engine built on Apache Arrow for SQL, DataFrame, and embedded analytic workloads.

### Project history

The official introduction says DataFusion originated as part of Apache Arrow and is now presented as Apache DataFusion with its own site, user guide, CLI documentation, subprojects, and release documentation. The project provides libraries and binaries for building database and analytic systems.

### Adoption history

The official user guide lists active projects using DataFusion, including stream-processing engines, SQL query engines, lakehouse tooling, search and analytics systems, and language bindings. This makes DataFusion both a library dependency and a foundation for newer data systems.

### How it is used

Developers embed DataFusion as a Rust query engine, use its SQL and DataFrame APIs, or run `datafusion-cli` to query data formats such as CSV and Parquet from a command line.

### Why package nerds care

DataFusion matters to package people because it packages a modern analytical query planner and execution engine as Rust crates and a CLI, sitting at the intersection of Apache Arrow, SQL engines, and embeddable database components.

### Timeline

- 2021: The standalone apache/datafusion repository has 4.0.0 tag history after DataFusion originated in Apache Arrow.
- 2026: Official documentation lists the 50.x through 55.x release series and related DataFusion subprojects.

### Related projects

- Related official projects include Apache Arrow, DataFusion Python, DataFusion Java, DataFusion Comet, and DataFusion Ballista.

### Sources

- <https://datafusion.apache.org/>
- <https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/introduction.html>
- <https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/cli/index.html>
- <https://github.com/apache/datafusion>
- <https://github.com/apache/datafusion/releases/tag/4.0.0>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - datafusion-cli: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/datafusion-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [datafusion](https://pkg.so/pkg/cargo/datafusion/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph