# Install questdb with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Time Series Database. Version 9.4.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#questdb.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:questdb
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install questdb
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#questdb
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/questdb
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/questdb.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:questdb
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 9.4.3
- **Source summary:** Time Series Database
- **Homepage:** <https://questdb.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/questdb/questdb>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T19:50:22Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- questdb (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 9.4.3

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service


## 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: <questdb-root>/conf/server.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - questdb: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/qu/questdb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/questdb: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/questdb.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph