# Install doltgres with Homebrew

Dolt for Postgres. Version 0.57.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:doltgres
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install doltgres
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:doltgres
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.57.2
- **Source summary:** Dolt for Postgres
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/dolthub/doltgresql>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dolthub/doltgresql>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T00:15:43Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- doltgres (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.57.2
## Project history and usage

Doltgres is Dolt's Postgres-flavored database: a SQL server that exposes Git-like branch, merge, clone, push, and pull workflows for tables and schemas while accepting ordinary PostgreSQL clients.

### Project history

Doltgres grew out of DoltHub's earlier Dolt database work, which applied version-control semantics to SQL tables. The public GitHub repository was created in September 2023, and the README positions Doltgres as the Postgres-facing sibling of Dolt rather than a separate database lineage.

The project moved through rapid early releases during 2024 and 2025, then announced beta quality in April 2025. By June 2026 the GitHub release stream was still active, with 0.56.x releases appearing frequently.

### Adoption history

Adoption is still early compared with PostgreSQL itself, but the packaging story is notable: Doltgres has an official release pipeline, Docker image, Homebrew formula, and direct install script. That makes it easy for database experimenters and data-versioning users to try without building from source.

### How it is used

Users run the `doltgres` server, connect with PostgreSQL-compatible clients, and use SQL-exposed version-control features for branching and merging table data. The README also documents imports from existing PostgreSQL databases with `pg_dump` and `psql`.

### Why package nerds care

Doltgres is package-nerd interesting because it packages a database server whose main differentiator is not storage alone but Git-like workflows at the SQL layer. It also shows a common modern packaging pattern for infrastructure tools: GitHub releases, Docker images, install scripts, and Homebrew in parallel.

### Timeline

- 2023: The public dolthub/doltgresql repository is created.
- 2024: Early 0.x releases continue as Doltgres tracks more PostgreSQL behavior.
- 2025: DoltHub announces Doltgres beta quality.
- 2026: GitHub release metadata shows active 0.56.x releases.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Dolt, PostgreSQL, DoltHub, PostgreSQL client tooling, and Docker-based database distribution workflows.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/dolthub/doltgresql#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dolthub/doltgresql>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/dolthub/doltgresql/releases>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/doltgres>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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