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Announcing the official Elastic Homebrew tap for macOS

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Jason Tedor • Michelle Sausa
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606
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31
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Summary

Elastic has introduced an official Homebrew tap, allowing macOS users to more easily install and manage Elastic Stack software through Homebrew, a popular package manager in the developer community. This new tap provides access to both the Open Source Software (OSS) and default distributions of Elastic's offerings, including features like index lifecycle management, Elasticsearch SQL, and Canvas visualizations, with the added benefit of free security in the default distribution. The tap ensures that users have timely access to the latest software versions as updates are automated to coincide with Elastic's release process. The initiative is part of Elastic's effort to meet users where they are, as many of their engineers and users are already integrated into the Homebrew ecosystem. Additionally, through the Elastic Cares program, the company has made a donation to the Homebrew project to support its sustainability, highlighting Elastic's commitment to contributing to the open-source community.

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