Installation on Mac OS X On Max OS X there are builds available using Homebrew (see http://github.com/mxcl/ homebrew) and MacPorts (see http://www.macports.org/install.php). Both of these packages are based on the native Apache CouchDB release. You can also find a ready-to-use installation, CouchDBX, that does not require the command-line process of HomeBrew or MacPorts. You can download the CouchDBX package here http://janl.github.com/couchdbx/. Using Homebrew To install using Homebrew, in a Terminal type: brew install couchdb CouchDB can then be started using couchdb: couchdb Use the -h command-line option to get additional options. You can also set up CouchDB to be started automatically during login. Using MacPorts If you use MacPorts then you will already be aware of how easy it is to install a number