kapacitor
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Description:
Open source time series data processor
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.8.2@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 29, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @InfluxDB  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Databases
Tags: time-series monitoring alerting stream-processing influxdb
Install: brew install kapacitor
About:
Kapacitor is a time series data processing engine designed to work with InfluxDB. It allows users to process and act on time series data streams, enabling real-time monitoring, alerting, and data ETL tasks.
Key Features:
  • Real-time stream processing
  • Custom alerting and notifications
  • Integration with InfluxDB
  • Support for TICKscript language
Use Cases:
  • Real-time anomaly detection on metrics
  • Automated alerting based on time series thresholds
  • ETL for time series data
Alternatives:
  • Prometheus – Prometheus focuses on monitoring and alerting, while Kapacitor is a general-purpose data processing engine.
  • Fluentd – Fluentd is a log collector and aggregator, whereas Kapacitor specializes in time series data streams.
Version History
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Oct 29, 2025 12:33am 0 VERSION_BUMP c1eaf46a
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