1.3. Installation on macOS

    1. Download Apache CouchDB for macOS. Old releases are available at .

    2. Double click on the Zip file

    3. Drag and drop the Apache CouchDB.app into Applications folder

    That’s all, now CouchDB is installed on your Mac:

    1. Open up Fauxton, the CouchDB admin interface

    2. Verify the install by clicking on Verify, then Verify Installation.

    3. Your installation is not complete. Be sure to complete the steps for a single node or clustered installation.

    Installation on macOS is possible from source. Download the source tarball, extract it, and follow the instructions in the file.

    CouchDB itself no longer ships with any daemonization scripts.

    The CouchDB team recommends to run CouchDB persistently and reliably. Configuration of runit is straightforward; if you have questions, reach out to the CouchDB user mailing list.

    Naturally, you can configure launchd or other init daemons to launch CouchDB and keep it running using standard configuration files.