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+title: "Install Netdata on macOS"
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/macos.md
+-->
+
+# Install Netdata on macOS
+
+Netdata works on macOS, albeit with some limitations. The number of charts displaying system metrics is limited, but you
+can use any of Netdata's [external plugins](../../../collectors/plugins.d/README.md) to monitor any services you might
+have installed on your macOS system. You could also use a macOS system as the parent node in a [streaming
+configuration](/streaming/README.md).
+
+We recommend installing Netdata with the community-created and -maintained [**Homebrew
+package**](#install-netdata-with-the-homebrew-package). 
+
+-   [Install Netdata via the Homebrew package](#install-netdata-with-the-homebrew-package)
+-   [Install Netdata from source](#install-netdata-from-source)
+
+## Install Netdata with the Homebrew package
+
+If you don't have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed already, begin with their installation script:
+
+```bash
+/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
+```
+
+Next, you can use Homebrew's package, which installs Netdata all its dependencies in a single step:
+
+```sh
+brew install netdata
+```
+
+> Homebrew will place your Netdata configuration directory at `/usr/local/etc/netdata/`. Use the `edit-config` script
+> and the files in this directory to configure Netdata. For reference, you can find stock configuration files at
+> `/usr/local/Cellar/netdata/{NETDATA_VERSION}/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.
+
+Skip on ahead to the [What's next?](#whats-next) section to find links to helpful post-installation guides.
+
+## Install Netdata from source
+
+We don't recommend installing Netdata from source on macOS, as it can be difficult to configure and install dependencies
+manually.
+
+First open your terminal of choice and install the Xcode development packages.
+
+```bash
+xcode-select --install
+```
+
+Click **Install** on the Software Update popup window that appears. Then, use the same terminal session to use Homebrew
+to install some of Netdata's prerequisites. You can omit `cmake` in case you do not want to use 
+[Netdata Cloud](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/).
+
+```bash
+brew install ossp-uuid autoconf automake pkg-config libuv lz4 json-c openssl@1.1 libtool cmake
+```
+
+If you want to use the [database engine](/database/engine/README.md) to store your metrics, you need to download
+and install the [Judy library](https://sourceforge.net/projects/judy/) before proceeding compiling Netdata.
+
+Next, download Netdata from our GitHub repository:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git
+```
+
+Finally, `cd` into the newly-created directory and then start the installer script:
+
+```bash
+cd netdata/
+sudo ./netdata-installer.sh --install /usr/local
+```
+
+> Your Netdata configuration directory will be at `/usr/local/netdata/`, and your stock configuration directory will
+> be at **`/usr/local/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.**
+>
+> The installer will also install a startup plist to start Netdata when your macOS system boots.
+
+## What's next?
+
+When you're finished with installation, check out our [single-node](/docs/quickstart/single-node.md) or
+[infrastructure](/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md) monitoring quickstart guides based on your use case.
+
+Or, skip straight to [configuring the Netdata Agent](/docs/configure/nodes.md).
+
+Read through Netdata's [documentation](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs), which is structured based on actions and
+solutions, to enable features like health monitoring, alarm notifications, long-term metrics storage, exporting to
+external databases, and more.
+
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