grafana-agent (deprecated)

Disable date: 2026-02-01

Recommended replacement: grafana-alloy

Install command: 
brew install grafana-agent

Exporter for Prometheus Metrics, Loki Logs, and Tempo Traces

https://grafana.com/docs/agent/latest/

License: Apache-2.0

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/grafana-agent.json

Formula code: grafana-agent.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel		 sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 0.44.4

Depends on when building from source:

go 1.25.4 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software
node 25.2.1 Open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment
yarn 1.22.22 JavaScript package manager
The agent uses a configuration file that you must customize before running:
    $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/grafana-agent/config.yml

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