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Install eralchemy with Homebrew, dnf

Simple entity relation (ER) diagrams generation. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-06. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install eralchemy.

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brew install eralchemy

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overview

Package summary

Simple entity relation (ER) diagrams generation

Commands and aliases

  • eralchemy

history

Project history and usage

ERAlchemy is a Python command-line and library tool for generating entity-relationship diagrams from live databases, SQLAlchemy models, or its own markdown-like ER representation.

Project history

The official repository was created in 2015 and published a 1.0.0 GitHub release later that year. Its README says the tool was inspired by BurntSushi's `erd`, but differs by rendering diagrams directly from databases rather than only from ER markup.

Adoption history

ERAlchemy's adoption is mostly in the Python database-tooling niche: the README emphasizes pip, conda-forge, SQLAlchemy URLs, Graphviz output, and command-line generation. Homebrew and Fedora packaging make it convenient outside Python-only workflows, but the project remains a focused documentation and schema-visualization utility rather than a broad platform.

How it is used

Common usage is `eralchemy -i DATABASE_URL -o diagram.pdf` or rendering from SQLAlchemy metadata in Python. The README also documents markdown input, Graphviz or PyGraphviz backends, Mermaid ER output, filtering tables or columns, and schema selection for PostgreSQL.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care about ERAlchemy because it bridges Python packaging, system Graphviz dependencies, database drivers, and CLI ergonomics. It is a small example of why Homebrew-style formulas matter for Python tools that need native graph-rendering support.

Timeline

  • 2015: The GitHub repository was created.
  • 2015: Version 1.0.0 was published on GitHub releases.
  • 2020s: The README documents Graphviz/PyGraphviz backends, conda-forge packaging, Mermaid ER output, and SQLAlchemy-based database URLs.

Related projects

  • ERAlchemy is related to SQLAlchemy, Graphviz, PyGraphviz, Mermaid ER diagrams, and BurntSushi's `erd` markup-oriented diagram tool.

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

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Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.7.0
manager updated2026-05-06
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

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Package metadata

Package keybrew:eralchemy
Version1.7.0
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/eralchemy/eralchemy
Last updated2026-05-06T15:32:25Z
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eralchemy 1.5.0-5.fc45

Entity Relation Diagrams generation tool

https://github.com/eralchemy/eralchemy

sudo dnf install eralchemy
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python3-eralchemy 1.5.0-5.fc45

Entity Relation Diagrams generation tool

https://github.com/eralchemy/eralchemy

sudo dnf install python3-eralchemy
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  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: eralchemy
  • 2 dependencies
  • 5 provides
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  • Matched by: Eralchemy
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