# Install innotop with Homebrew, dnf, zypper Top clone for MySQL. Version 1.16.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install innotop. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:innotop ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install innotop ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install innotop ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: innotop from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install innotop ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: innotop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:innotop - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.16.0 - **Source summary:** Top clone for MySQL - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:47-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - innotop (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.16.0 ## Project history and usage innotop is a Perl terminal monitor for MySQL, modeled after `top`. The README describes it as customizable, plugin-capable, able to monitor many servers at once, and able to aggregate across them. ### Project history The program source records copyright from 2006 by Baron Schwartz and later maintainers Kenny Gryp and Frederic Descamps from 2013. The README notes that the full project history was imported into GitHub and that the manual is embedded in the program as Perl POD. The changelog shows the project maturing rapidly during the MySQL 5 era: adding plugin functionality, group-by behavior, richer filtering and sorting, central and per-user configuration files, command-line DSN handling, query dashboards, Percona/MariaDB user statistics, and later compatibility work for MySQL 8, MySQL 9, SSL, Group Replication, and changed replication terminology. ### Adoption history innotop was packaged by Unix distributions early. Its INSTALL file lists FreeBSD, Gentoo, Ubuntu/Debian, and RPM packages via openSUSE Build Service, while Homebrew metadata lists additional Fedora and openSUSE packaging. The package persisted because database operators wanted a fast terminal view into MySQL and InnoDB behavior. ### How it is used Users run `innotop` in a terminal to inspect MySQL queries, transactions, locks, replication, and server health. Connection details can come from command-line DSNs, MySQL option files, prompts, or saved innotop configuration, with credentials potentially stored in the same config paths curated for this package. ### Why package nerds care innotop is a classic ops package: a single Perl program with embedded documentation, DBI/DBD::mysql dependencies, and a long compatibility tail across MySQL, Percona Server, and MariaDB. Its history captures the era when terminal dashboards were the lightest viable database observability stack. ### Timeline - 2006: Program source records original copyright by Baron Schwartz. - 2007: Version 1.5 adds plugin functionality, group-by behavior, and configuration directory changes. - 2009: Version 1.7 adds central config support and the default `~/.innotop/innotop.conf` path. - 2010: Version 1.8 adds Percona/MariaDB USER_STATISTICS support and query summaries. - 2018: Version 1.12 adds MySQL 8.0 support. - 2021: Version 1.13 adds SSL support. - 2024: Version 1.15 adds Group Replication and new replication terminology support. - 2026: Version 1.16 reworks query EXPLAIN compatibility for modern MySQL. ### Related projects - Related projects and technologies include MySQL, InnoDB, MariaDB, Percona Server, Perl DBI and DBD::mysql, MySQL option files, and the Unix `top` interface tradition. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## 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 - Unix: ~/.innotop/innotop.conf, /etc/innotop/innotop.conf ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.innotop/innotop.conf, /etc/innotop/innotop.conf ## Other Package-Manager Records - dnf - innotop - 1.16.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: innotop from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A MySQL and InnoDB monitor program | https://github.com/innotop/innotop - zypper - innotop - 1.15.2-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: innotop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A MySQL and InnoDB monitor program | https://github.com/innotop/innotop/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/innotop.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/innotop.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph