# Install kertish-dos with Homebrew

Kertish Object Storage and Cluster Administration CLI. Version 22.2.0147-532592 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kertish-dos
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kertish-dos
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kertish-dos
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 22.2.0147-532592
- **Source summary:** Kertish Object Storage and Cluster Administration CLI
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/freakmaxi/kertish-dos>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/freakmaxi/kertish-dos>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- krtadm (alias)
- krtfs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 22.2.0147-532592
## Project history and usage

Kertish-DOS is a Go distributed object-storage platform and CLI suite for building a file-storage farm made of manager, head, and data nodes.

### Project history

The freakmaxi/kertish-dos repository was created on GitHub on 2020-01-13. Its README describes a storage system for isolated networks and mass file-storage requirements, with manager nodes orchestrating clusters, head nodes handling file operations, and data nodes storing chunks.

The project documentation is explicit that Kertish-DOS does not implement security and is intended for publicly isolated networks or as a backend behind front services.

### Adoption history

Kertish-DOS has modest adoption signals: GitHub API metadata on 2026-07-01 reported 107 stars and nine forks, and Homebrew metadata listed nine installs in the previous 30 days. Homebrew also recorded kertish-dfs as an old formula name.

### How it is used

Operators set up supporting MongoDB, Redis DSS, and Locking-Center services, then run manager, head, and data-node components. The packaged CLIs krtadm and krtfs are used for cluster administration and file-storage operations.

### Why package nerds care

The package is notable as a compact, self-contained distributed-storage experiment exposed through Homebrew. Its renamed formula history from kertish-dfs to kertish-dos is the sort of packaging detail that matters when tracking older install names.

### Timeline

- 2020-01-13: freakmaxi/kertish-dos repository created on GitHub.
- 2020-01-15: v20.1.4569 release published.
- 2022-03-02: v22.2.0147 release published.
- 2026-07-01: Homebrew formula metadata listed kertish-dos and old name kertish-dfs.

### Related projects

- MongoDB, Redis DSS, and freakmaxi/locking-center are named setup dependencies in the README.
- Docker images and docker-compose files are documented for local farm setup.
- krtadm and krtfs are the packaged administration and file-storage CLIs.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/freakmaxi/kertish-dos>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/freakmaxi/kertish-dos/releases?per_page=10>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/kertish-dos.json>
- <https://github.com/freakmaxi/kertish-dos>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freakmaxi/kertish-dos/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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