I actually do this, but annoyingly for quite a few (postgres/redis), the client tools are not separate packages so you still need to install the full db locally to use them.

People should install stuff like their db with homebrew anyhow. It'd be annoying to keep your app's db version in sync with the docker or vagrant package.

If you use vagrant or docker, the idea is to match the deployment server, which is probably Linux. So you'll be installing (using the OS package manager - something like apt or nix) whichever version is installed for your server OS.