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Install pgadmin4 with Homebrew Cask
Administration and development platform for PostgreSQL. Version 9.19 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Administration and development platform for PostgreSQL
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Project history and usage
pgAdmin 4 is the pgAdmin Development Team's open-source graphical administration and development environment for PostgreSQL. It can run as a macOS desktop application or as a multi-user web application.
Project history
pgAdmin 4 was developed as a complete rewrite of pgAdmin III using a Python web backend and a JavaScript interface. Its first major release followed more than 10,000 hours of development.
The initial desktop edition used a C++ and Qt runtime. Later releases evolved the desktop packaging and interface while retaining the option to deploy the same application on a web server.
Adoption history
pgAdmin 4 succeeded pgAdmin III as the project's modern cross-platform administration interface. Its desktop and web deployment modes helped it serve both individual developers and multi-user installations.
The project distributes desktop bundles, native Linux packages, a Python wheel, a container image, and source releases, making it common across local workstations and managed PostgreSQL environments.
How it is used
Users register PostgreSQL servers, inspect and modify database objects, execute and analyze SQL, monitor activity, and invoke backup, restore, and maintenance utilities.
Desktop installations run a local application server behind the graphical runtime. Administrators may instead deploy pgAdmin behind a production web server for multiple users.
Why package nerds care
pgAdmin is a reference graphical administration tool in the PostgreSQL ecosystem. Package users care about the distinction between its Electron desktop runtime and its deployable Python web application, as well as compatibility between pgAdmin, PostgreSQL servers, and bundled command-line utilities.
Its broad packaging footprint illustrates the complexity of distributing a web application as both a desktop program and a multi-user service.
Timeline
- 2016-09-29: pgAdmin 4 1.0 became the first major release of the rewritten application.
- 2017: Version 2.0 made desktop and server modes available without separate configuration changes.
- 2018: A Docker distribution joined the project's packaging options.
- 2022: The official source repository moved to the pgadmin-org GitHub organization.
Related projects
- PostgreSQL is the database platform administered by pgAdmin.
- pgAdmin III was the preceding generation.
- pgAgent historically supplied job-scheduling integration for PostgreSQL installations.
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security posture
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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pgadmin4. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- macOS
~/Library/Preferences/pgadmin/runtime_config.json/Library/Preferences/pgadmin/config_system.py
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- macOS
~/.pgadmin4/pgadmin4.db
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Version and freshness
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version9.19
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.pgadmin.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:pgadmin4 |
|---|---|
| Version | 9.19 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/pgadmin4 |
| Homepage | https://www.pgadmin.org/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.pgadmin.org/ |
| Source archive | https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/v9.19/macos/pgadmin4-9.19-arm64.dmg |
| SHA-256 | 8827d9444752497602f15cb01bd4014378510a2fdd118902686da3f36713b8ed |
| 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 | pgadmin4 |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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