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Installing the Database Tools on macOS
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Overview
The MongoDB Database Tools are a suite of command-line utilities for working with MongoDB. Use this guide to install the Database Tools on the macOS platform.
Versioning
Starting with MongoDB 4.4, the MongoDB Database Tools are now released separately
from the MongoDB Server and use their own versioning, with an initial
version of 100.0.0. Previously, these tools were released
alongside the MongoDB Server and used matching versioning.
For documentation on the MongoDB 4.2 or earlier versions of these tools, reference the MongoDB Server Documentation for that version of the tool:
Note
Quick links to older documentation
Compatibility
MongoDB Server Compatibility
MongoDB Database Tools version 100.8.0 supports the following versions
of the MongoDB server:
MongoDB 6.0
MongoDB 5.0
MongoDB 4.4
MongoDB 4.2
While the tools may work on earlier versions of MongoDB server, any such compatibility is not guaranteed.
Platform Support
The MongoDB Database Tools version 100.8.0 are supported on macOS 10.12 or
later.
Installation
The MongoDB Database Tools can be installed with the third party Homebrew package
manager, or downloaded as a .tgz archive. Select the tab below
depending on your desired installation method: