# Install micromamba with Homebrew, Nix, dnf, winget

Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager. Version 2.8.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-09. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#micromamba.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:micromamba
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install micromamba
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#micromamba
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/micromamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install mamba
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mamba from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Mamba.Micromamba -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Mamba.Micromamba from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:micromamba
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.8.1
- **Source summary:** Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09T13:20:16Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mamba (alias)
- micromamba (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.8.1
## Project history and usage

micromamba is the small, standalone member of the Mamba package-manager family. Mamba began at QuantStack as a C++ reimplementation of conda focused on faster dependency solving and downloads, using libsolv and parallel fetching while preserving conda-compatible package operations. That work grew inside the conda-forge ecosystem, where fast solving matters for large scientific and data-science package graphs.

### Project history

micromamba packages the same codebase with different build choices: the official documentation describes it as a tiny, statically linked C++ executable with its own CLI, no required `base` environment, and no bundled Python. The Mamba README positions it for CI/CD pipelines, Docker images, bootstrapping, and other places where a single self-contained executable is easier than installing Miniforge or a full conda stack.

### How it is used

A major technical milestone came with the Mamba 2.0 effort, which made Mamba use the same standalone code as micromamba and removed the older Python-dependent pieces. For package-manager users, micromamba fills the bootstrapper niche: create or run conda environments quickly without first carrying an entire conda distribution.

### Sources

- <https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/fast-software-package-management-for-bio-and-data-science/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/micromamba>
- <https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba>
- <https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/micromamba.html>
- <https://medium.com/@QuantStack/introducing-mamba-2-0-0e8d5c6d1d0c>
- <https://wolfv.medium.com/making-conda-fast-again-4da4debfb3b7>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration 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: /etc/conda/.condarc, /etc/conda/condarc, /etc/conda/condarc.d/, /etc/conda/.mambarc, /var/lib/conda/.condarc, /var/lib/conda/condarc, /var/lib/conda/condarc.d/, /var/lib/conda/.mambarc, {root_prefix}/.condarc, {root_prefix}/condarc, {root_prefix}/condarc.d, {root_prefix}/.mambarc, ~/.conda/.condarc, ~/.conda/condarc, ~/.conda/condarc.d, ~/.condarc, ~/.mambarc, {target_prefix}/.condarc, {target_prefix}/condarc, {target_prefix}/condarc.d, {target_prefix}/.mambarc, $CONDARC, $MAMBARC
- Windows: C:\ProgramData\conda\.condarc, C:\ProgramData\conda\condarc, C:\ProgramData\conda\condarc.d, C:\ProgramData\conda\.mambarc, {root_prefix}\.condarc, {root_prefix}\condarc, {root_prefix}\condarc.d, {root_prefix}\.mambarc, ~\.conda\.condarc, ~\.conda\condarc, ~\.conda\condarc.d, ~\.condarc, ~\.mambarc, {target_prefix}\.condarc, {target_prefix}\condarc, {target_prefix}\condarc.d, {target_prefix}\.mambarc, %CONDARC%, %MAMBARC%
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - micromamba: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/micromamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - mamba - 2.8.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mamba from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager | https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba
- winget - Mamba.Micromamba: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Mamba.Micromamba from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- Nix - mamba: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/mamba/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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