macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install grafana-alloylocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 1407
Install grafana-alloy with Homebrew, chocolatey, Nix, pacman, apk, zypper, winget
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines. Version 1.18.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#grafana-alloy.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#grafana-alloynixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gr/grafana-alloy/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S grafana-alloyArch Linux sync databases · grafana-alloy · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add alloyAlpine Linux edge package indexes · alloy · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install alloyopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · alloy · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install grafana-alloyChocolatey community package catalog · grafana-alloy · source: community.chocolatey.org
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id GrafanaLabs.Alloy -eWindows Package Manager source index · GrafanaLabs.Alloy · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
Project links
Commands and aliases
- alloy
history
Project history and usage
Grafana Alloy is Grafana Labs' open source distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector, designed to run telemetry pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles while retaining first-class Prometheus-oriented pipeline support.
Project history
Alloy grew out of Grafana Agent and Grafana Agent Flow. Grafana Labs described Grafana Agent as a broad OSS telemetry agent introduced in 2020 for Prometheus-era collection problems, then positioned Alloy in 2024 as the successor that uses Agent Flow concepts while aligning with the OpenTelemetry Collector.
The launch announcement emphasized compatibility with OTLP, OpenTelemetry Collector, and Prometheus Agent workflows. That made Alloy both a migration target for Grafana Agent users and a standalone collector for mixed observability environments.
Adoption history
Grafana Labs tied Alloy adoption to its recommendation that Grafana Agent users plan migrations before the Agent end-of-life date. Official migration documentation covers moving Agent Flow state directories and pipelines into Alloy layouts on Linux, macOS, Windows, and containers.
The package became important in Homebrew-style environments because it packages a production telemetry collector as a single serviceable CLI/daemon with documented platform-specific configuration paths.
How it is used
Operators use Alloy to receive, transform, scrape, relabel, and export telemetry. Common package-manager usage is installing the binary, editing config.alloy, and running Alloy as a long-lived service that forwards data to Grafana Cloud, an LGTM stack, or other compatible backends.
Why package nerds care
Alloy matters to package maintainers because it sits at the convergence point of Prometheus scraping, OpenTelemetry Collector components, service management, and cross-platform config conventions. It replaced several collector choices with one packaged executable for many Grafana observability setups.
Timeline
- 2020: Grafana Agent rolled out as Grafana Labs' OSS telemetry agent.
- 2024-04-09: Grafana Agent and Grafana Agent Operator entered long-term support in favor of Alloy.
- 2024-04-10: Grafana Labs announced Grafana Alloy as an OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with Prometheus pipelines.
- 2025-11-01: Grafana Agent was expected to reach end of life, making Alloy the migration target.
Related projects
- Grafana Agent and Grafana Agent Flow are Alloy's direct predecessors.
- OpenTelemetry Collector, Prometheus Agent, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir are adjacent projects in the same collector and backend ecosystem.
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.
- Linux
/etc/alloy/config.alloy- macOS
$(brew --prefix)/etc/alloy/config.alloy- Windows
%ProgramFiles%\GrafanaLabs\Alloy\config.alloy
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
alloy | 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 version1.18.0
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:grafana-alloy |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.18.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://grafana.com/oss/alloy-opentelemetry-collector/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/grafana/alloy |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T16:47:25+02:00 |
| 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.
Nix95%
grafana-alloy
nix profile install nixpkgs#grafana-alloy- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grafana Alloy
pacman95%
grafana-alloy 1.13.2-1
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
https://grafana.com/oss/alloy-opentelemetry-collector/
sudo pacman -S grafana-alloy- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grafana Alloy
Chocolatey95%
grafana-alloy
choco install grafana-alloy- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grafana Alloy
apk92%
alloy 1.17.1-r1
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
sudo apk add alloy- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: alloy
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Alloy
apk92%
alloy-openrc 1.17.1-r1
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines (OpenRC init scripts)
sudo apk add alloy-openrc- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: alloy
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Alloy
zypper92%
alloy 1.17.1-1.3
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
https://github.com/grafana/alloy
sudo zypper install alloy- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: alloy
- 7 dependencies
- 2 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Alloy
winget92%
GrafanaLabs.Alloy
winget install --id GrafanaLabs.Alloy -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Alloy
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
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation