MongoDB is a fully flexible index support and rich queries database. It is a NoSQL database. MongoDB 4.0 supports multi-document ACID transactions. This tutorial will help you to install MongoDB database server on macOS. After the installation, you may also like our MongoDB tutorial.
Homebrew is a package manager for the Mac – it makes installing most open source software (like MongoDB) as simple as writing brew install mongodb. Follow the instructions in the How to Install Homebrew on a Mac instruction guide. Installation Overview. There are two primary ways to install MongoDB on a Mac. Localhost Binding by Default¶. By default, MongoDB launches with bindIp set to 127.0.0.1, which binds to the localhost network interface.This means that the mongod can only accept connections from clients that are running on the same machine. Remote clients will not be able to connect to the mongod, and the mongod will not be able to initialize a replica set unless this value is set to a.
Prerequisites
- Terminal: You must have macOS terminal access and little knowledge about working with the command line.
- Homebrew: Homebrew is a popular package management tools used for installing most open source software like Node. Here is the Homebrew installation tutorial

Install MongoDB on MacOS
First of all, update the Homebrew package repository index. Then install MongoDB using homebrew installer. This will install MongoDB at location /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb.
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Start/Stop MongoDB
Start MongoDB – Use the following command to start MongoDB from a terminal. Make sure to change 4.0.3_1 in below command with the installed version of MongoDB on your macOS.
Stop MongoDB – Simply use the unload options to stop running MongoDB database service on macOS.
Working with MongoDB
After starting MongoDB service, just type “mongo” on the terminal. This will connect to MongoDB service running on the local system.
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You can visit our MongoDB tutorial section to read and understand working with MongoDB.