Follow these steps to install graphite on OS X Mavericks.

Prerequisites

Homebrew
Python 2.7
Git

Install dependencies

Install Cairo and friends

brew install cairo
brew install py2cairo

Install Django

pip install Django==1.5
pip install django-tagging

Install Graphite

sudo pip install carbon
pip install whisper
sudo pip install graphite-web
sudo pip install Twisted==11.1.0 

sudo chown -R <your username>:staff /opt/graphite

Configure graphite

cp /opt/graphite/conf/carbon.conf{.example,}
cp /opt/graphite/conf/storage-schemas.conf{.example,}

Create default database

cd /opt/graphite/webapp/graphite

# Modify this file to change database backend (default is sqlite).
cp local_settings.py{.example,}

# Initialize database
python manage.py syncdb

Start carbon

python /opt/graphite/bin/carbon-cache.py start

Start Graphite

python /opt/graphite/bin/run-graphite-devel-server.py /opt/graphite

Hope that it works!

Go to:

http://localhost:8080

You should see this if it works properly:

If you get a broken image, it most likely means that something is wrong py2cairo and cairo.

Check the debug output here:

http://localhost:8080/render

Optional convenience aliases

Add this to your .bashrc or .bash_profile:

alias carbon='python /opt/graphite/bin/carbon-cache.py'
alias graphite-web='python /opt/graphite/bin/run-graphite-devel-server.py /opt/graphite'

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