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Install mongodb-compass@beta with Homebrew Cask
GUI for MongoDB. Version 1.53.2-beta.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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GUI for MongoDB
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Project history and usage
MongoDB Compass is MongoDB's official cross-platform graphical client for connecting to deployments, exploring schemas, running queries and aggregations, and managing database objects. This cask follows prerelease beta builds.
Project history
MongoDB develops Compass as the graphical user interface for MongoDB. Its public `mongodb-js/compass` monorepo contains the application, reusable connection and query components, plugins, build tooling, tests, and release infrastructure. The repository maintains an extensive tagged-release history and separate beta artifacts.
Adoption history
MongoDB distributes Compass as its official graphical client for MongoDB deployments. It is available in multiple editions and release channels; this package specifically tracks the beta channel. Homebrew users install it through the `mongodb-compass@beta` cask.
How it is used
Users connect with a MongoDB URI or the connection form, optionally configuring authentication, TLS, SSH, proxies, read preferences, and connection tags. Saved connections can be imported or exported.
Compass supports document browsing and editing, aggregation-pipeline construction, schema visualization, query-plan inspection, index management, validation, and data import/export. Administrators can control startup behavior with command-line flags or `/etc/mongodb-compass.conf` on Unix-like systems.
Because this package follows the beta channel, it is best suited to previewing upcoming Compass changes rather than environments that require the stable release channel.
Why package nerds care
Compass gives developers and database administrators a first-party graphical alternative to shell-driven MongoDB work. Its public monorepo, Electron/TypeScript package structure, plugin architecture, configurable enterprise controls, and beta release channel make it relevant both as an end-user database tool and as a substantial open-source desktop application.
Timeline
- Public project: MongoDB maintains Compass in the `mongodb-js/compass` monorepo.
- Current generation: Compass provides modular packages for connections, CRUD, aggregation pipelines, schema analysis, indexes, import/export, and an embedded shell.
Related projects
- Designed for MongoDB Community, Enterprise, and Atlas deployments. The application includes an embedded MongoDB Shell and packages for aggregation building, schema inspection, query planning, import/export, indexes, validation, and saved connections.
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
/etc/mongodb-compass.conf- Windows
<parent folder of the MongoDB Compass executable>/mongodb-compass.cfg
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.53.2-beta.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compassnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:mongodb-compass@beta |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.53.2-beta.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/mongodb-compass@beta |
| Homepage | https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass |
| Upstream docs | https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/compass |
| Source archive | https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/beta/mongodb-compass-1.53.2-beta.1-darwin-arm64.dmg |
| SHA-256 | e44cc25bec173b999ce7eb604b6e7a115d07976b18ed0295480650c689b10ea2 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | mongodb-compass@beta |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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