Datadog Agent

datadog-agent · v7.78.2-1

8.0

Monitoring and security across systems, apps, and services

brew install --cask datadog-agent

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Note: You will need to update /opt/datadog-agent/etc/datadog.yaml and replace APIKEY with your api key If you ever want to start/stop the Agent, please use the Datadog Agent App or datadog-agent command. It will start automatically at login, if you want to enable it at startup, run these commands: sudo cp '/opt/datadog-agent/etc/com.datadoghq.agent.plist.example' /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.datadoghq.agent.plist sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.datadoghq.agent.plist

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Trust Score 8/10

✓ Open source (Apache-2.0) +3

✓ Active development +2

✓ Licensed +1

✗ No auto-updates +0

✓ Not deprecated +1

✓ Established (>1yr) +1

✗ Low installs +0

Version History

v7.78.2-1

6d ago7.78.1-1→7.78.2-1

11d ago7.78.0-1→7.78.1-1

20d ago7.77.3-1→7.78.0-1

27d ago7.77.2-1→7.77.3-1

1mo ago7.77.1-1→7.77.2-1

1mo ago7.77.0-1→7.77.1-1

1mo ago7.76.3-1→7.77.0-1

Review

Mar 10, 2026

Datadog Agent offers comprehensive monitoring and security for systems, applications, and services. It provides real-time insights and integrates with various platforms, benefiting DevOps teams and system administrators.

Collects metrics, logs, and traces to provide monitoring and security solutions.

Maturity: The project is mature with strong community support, indicated by thousands of stars and active development.

Community: Hacker News discussions highlight security aspects, while Reddit shows no mentions.