Installing Neo4j with Homebrew on macOS

Install Neo4j

Install Neo4j with Homebrew:

% brew install neo4j

Check the version after installation:

% neo4j --version
5.7.0

If the version is displayed correctly, installation is complete.

Ports

Initial password

The default Neo4j credentials are:

You must change this initial password. Change it through the web interface or with the following command:

$ neo4j-admin dbms set-initial-password {password}

Start Neo4j

$ neo4j start

Startup error

Neo4j may fail to start after installation with an error like this:

$ neo4j start
Failed to read config /opt/homebrew/Cellar/neo4j/5.7.0/libexec/conf/neo4j.conf: Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: wrapper.java.additional.4. Cleanup the config or disable 'server.config.strict_validation.enabled' to continue.
Run with '--verbose' for a more detailed error message.

As indicated by the message, add the following setting to /opt/homebrew/Cellar/neo4j/5.7.0/libexec/conf/neo4j.conf:

server.config.strict_validation.enabled=false

Stop Neo4j

$ neo4j stop

Check Neo4j status

$ neo4j status

Open the Neo4j Browser console

$ open http://localhost:7474

The first startup after installation prompts you to change the password. Unless a new password was already configured, you must change it.

Connection information

Applications can connect through HTTP/HTTPS or the Bolt protocol.

HTTP base URL

http://localhost:7474/db/data

Bolt base URL

bolt://localhost:7687

Directory and file paths

Base directory

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/neo4j/5.7.0/libexec/import/

Configuration file

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/neo4j/5.7.0/libexec/conf/neo4j.conf

Plugin directory

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/neo4j/5.7.0/libexec/plugins/

Data directory

/opt/homebrew/var/neo4j/data/databases/neo4j/

Log file

/opt/homebrew/var/log/neo4j/neo4j.log