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Install docker-compose with Homebrew
Isolated development environments using Docker. Version 5.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28.
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Package summary
Isolated development environments using Docker
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Commands and aliases
- docker-compose
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Project history and usage
Docker Compose is Docker's tool for defining and running multi-container applications from a Compose file. Docker's docs describe it as a way to manage services, networks, and volumes in one YAML configuration, then start the application stack with a single command.
Project history
Compose became one of Docker's defining developer-experience tools because it translated a multi-container application into a file that could live beside source code. The current upstream README describes the modern Go-based Compose as a Docker CLI plugin and notes that the legacy Python version remains on the v1 branch.
Adoption history
Compose's adoption path runs through Docker Desktop, Linux binaries, distribution packages, and CI systems. The README says Docker Desktop includes Compose on Windows and macOS and documents installation as a CLI plugin under Docker's cli-plugins directory on Linux. The batch input shows especially broad package-manager coverage, including Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora-style distributions, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and zypper.
How it is used
The normal workflow is to define services in compose.yaml or docker-compose.yml, then use docker compose up to create and start the application. Docker docs call out lifecycle commands for starting, stopping, rebuilding, viewing status, streaming logs, and running one-off commands, making Compose common in local development, test environments, staging, simple production deployments, and CI workflows.
Why package nerds care
Docker Compose is package-nerd significant because it made multi-container Docker applications portable before Kubernetes became the default mental model for orchestration. It also marks a major packaging transition: the old standalone docker-compose command and Python implementation gave way to a Docker CLI plugin, while package managers kept shipping a familiar formula name.
Timeline
- 2010s: Compose popularizes application stacks described in docker-compose.yml files.
- 2020: The Compose Specification becomes the shared Compose file format used by the modern project.
- 2020s: The Go-based Compose V2 becomes the main Docker Compose implementation, with the Python version kept on the v1 branch.
- 2026: Docker docs present Compose as the standard tool for defining and running multi-container applications, and the batch input lists broad package-manager distribution.
Related projects
- Docker Compose is closely related to Docker Engine, Docker Desktop, the Compose Specification, Docker Buildx for Compose builds, Swarm's older Compose-file usage, and editor tools such as Microsoft's Compose Language Service.
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for docker-compose. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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
./compose.yaml./compose.yml./docker-compose.yaml./docker-compose.yml./.env
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
docker-compose | 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 version5.3.1
manager updated2026-07-28
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:docker-compose |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.3.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://docs.docker.com/compose/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/docker/compose |
| Last updated | 2026-07-28T14:10:40+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation