# Install minio with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget High Performance, Kubernetes Native Object Storage. Version 2025-10-15T17-29-55Z via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#minio. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:minio ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install minio ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install minio ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/minio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add minio ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#minio ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/minio/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/minio ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/minio.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id MinIO.Server -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: MinIO.Server from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:minio - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2025-10-15T17-29-55Z - **Source summary:** High Performance, Kubernetes Native Object Storage - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T08:47:03+01:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - minio (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2025-10-15T17-29-55Z ## Project history and usage MinIO was founded in 2014 by Garima Kapoor, Anand Babu "AB" Periasamy, and Harshavardhana as a cloud-native object-storage company. The open-source server became known for a deliberately small, S3-compatible object store written in Go, aimed at unstructured-data workloads such as analytics, AI/ML pipelines, backups, logs, container images, and private-cloud storage. ### Project history The project positioned itself against heavier storage stacks by making the S3 API the common interface for data outside AWS. MinIO's server, client tooling, and SDK ecosystem let operators run object storage on bare metal, virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes, while applications keep using familiar S3 semantics. Dell Technologies Capital described the company's early appeal as recognizing the move from Hadoop-style storage toward disaggregated S3-style storage across multi-cloud environments. ### Adoption history A major governance milestone came in 2021, when MinIO announced that the project had moved fully to the GNU AGPLv3 license. That change affected how downstream users and vendors evaluated embedding and redistribution, and it explains why package records for the server tend to track licensing carefully. Homebrew packaged the server as `minio`, including a service definition that runs `minio server` on port 9000 with data under the Homebrew prefix; its formula later marked the package deprecated on 2026-02-17 because the upstream repository was archived. ### How it is used In package-manager terms, `minio` is the local-server side of the S3-compatible storage niche: useful for developers who need a real object store on a laptop, CI host, or lab machine, and for operators testing workflows before moving to larger MinIO deployments or another S3-compatible backend. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service - 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 - Linux: /etc/default/minio ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - minio: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/minio/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - minio - 0.20251015.172955-r7: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open source object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 | https://min.io/ - apk - minio-openrc - 0.20251015.172955-r7: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minio-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open source object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 (OpenRC init scripts) | https://min.io/ - MacPorts - minio: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/minio/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/minio: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/minio.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - MinIO.Server: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: MinIO.Server from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/minio.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/minio.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