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Install metabase with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop

Business intelligence report server. Version 0.63.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#metabase.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install metabase

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install metabase

MacPorts ports tree · databases/metabase/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#metabase

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/me/metabase/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/metabase

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/metabase.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Business intelligence report server

Commands and aliases

  • metabase

history

Project history and usage

Metabase is an open source business-intelligence and embedded-analytics server founded by Sameer Al-Sakran. Metabase material describes the product as beginning as a side project and launching publicly in 2015 with a simple pitch: open source BI that installs quickly and can be used by people across a company. That origin shaped the tool's package identity: it is a server application packaged for self-hosting, not a library or desktop-only analytics client.

Project history

The major technical milestone was making database exploration approachable without requiring every user to write SQL. Metabase's documentation defines questions as saved analytical units containing a query, result, and visualization; questions can be organized into dashboards, collections, links, embeds, exports, and alerts. Its visual query builder lets users pick tables, models, metrics, and saved questions, while SQL/native queries remain available for more advanced use.

Adoption history

Adoption followed the open source, self-service analytics path. Metabase's own retrospective said the project had been launched in 2015 and, after just over three years, had 14,000+ GitHub stars, 10 million+ Docker Hub pulls, more than a million direct downloads, 140 external contributors, translations into 14 languages, and users from over 150 countries. A later Metabase event page described it as used by 90,000+ companies, with a global open source community and product-led growth behind the commercial company.

How it is used

In practice, teams run Metabase against operational databases and warehouses to let non-specialists ask questions, create charts, maintain dashboards, and embed analytics in products. Compared with heavier BI suites, the Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop packages make it easy to start a local or small self-hosted server for evaluation, internal reporting, or development.

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
metabaseexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.63.2
manager updated2026-07-30
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:metabase
Version0.63.2
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.metabase.com/
Last updated2026-07-30T00:24:34Z
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

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Nix95%

metabase

nix profile install nixpkgs#metabase
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Metabase
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/me/metabase/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

metabase

sudo port install metabase
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Metabase
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: databases/metabase/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/metabase

scoop install main/metabase
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Metabase
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/metabase.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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