prometheus
brew install prometheusService monitoring system and time series database
License: Apache-2.0
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/prometheus.json
Formula code: prometheus.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 3.16.0 |
Depends on when building from source:
| gnu-tar | 1.35 | GNU version of the tar archiving utility |
| go | 1.27.4 | Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software |
| node | 26.13.1 | Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment |
| pnpm | 12.18.0 | Fast, disk space efficient package manager |
Binaries:
prometheus,
prometheus_brew_services,
promtool
Service:
| Start now and at login: | brew services start prometheus |
| Run directly: | $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/prometheus/bin/prometheus_brew_services |
| When run from `brew services`, `prometheus` is run from `prometheus_brew_services` and uses the flags in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/prometheus.args |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 16,477 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 435,974 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,262 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 7.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:54:20Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 2,259 | 4,886 | 17,954 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| Installs on Request | 2,259 | 4,886 | 17,954 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 3 | 10 | 33 |
| Build Errors | 4 |