couchdb

Install command: 
brew install couchdb

Apache CouchDB database server

https://couchdb.apache.org/

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/couchdb.json

Formula code: couchdb.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 ✅ 3.5.3

Depends on:

icu4c@79 79.1 C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization
openssl@4 4.1.0 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
autoconf-archive 2026.11.11 Collection of over 500 reusable autoconf macros
automake 1.20 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
erlang 29.1.2 Programming language for highly scalable real-time systems
libtool 2.6.2 Generic library support script
pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Uses from macOS: ncurses

Conflicts with: ejabberd (because both install `jiffy` lib)

Binaries: couchdb, remsh, weatherreport

Service:

Start now and at login: brew services start couchdb
Run directly: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/couchdb/bin/couchdb
CouchDB 3.x requires a set admin password set before startup.
Add one to your $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/local.ini before starting CouchDB e.g.:
    [admins]
    admin = youradminpassword

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