macOS
brew install witrlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install witrMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/witr/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für witr in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install witrlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install witrMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/witr/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
nix profile install nixpkgs#witrnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wi/witr/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
scoop install main/witrScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/witr.json · Quelle: api.github.com
winget install --id PranshuParmar.witr -eWindows Package Manager source index · PranshuParmar.witr · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
Why is this running?
Verlauf
witr, short for the question 'Why is this running?', is a Go system-inspection CLI focused on explaining the cause behind running processes, open ports, containers, and file locks. The public repository was created in December 2025, and its README positions it as a causality layer above tools such as ps, top, lsof, ss, systemctl, and docker ps.
The project appeared as a small single-purpose diagnostics tool and quickly acquired a broader interactive mode. Its README emphasizes both direct human-readable output and an interactive terminal dashboard with tabs for processes, ports, containers, and locks, reflecting a shift from one-shot inspection toward an operator-facing TUI.
Although new, witr shows unusually strong early adoption signals for a system utility: the GitHub API showed more than 18,000 stars during this enrichment run, and the latest GitHub release at the time checked was v0.3.3, published on June 24, 2026. The README also points to packaging across multiple ecosystems, including Unix, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, and several package managers, which is notable for a young CLI.
witr is used when an operator sees a process, listening port, container, or lock and wants the chain of responsibility rather than another flat listing. It correlates process metadata, services, containers, shells, repositories, and related system state to explain where a running thing came from and how it was started.
Its package-nerd appeal is the tidy premise: most Unix inspection tools expose facts, while witr tries to narrate cause. That makes it a modern companion to classic observability commands, especially for developers moving between local machines, containers, service managers, and language-specific dev servers.
Sicherheitslage
Für witr wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
witr | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:witr |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.3 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/witr |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr |
| Repository | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr#readme |
| Lizenz | Apache-2.0 |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.3.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-25T22:40:21+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | go |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | witr |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
witr
nix profile install nixpkgs#witrwitr
sudo port install witrmain/witr
scoop install main/witrPranshuParmar.witr
winget install --id PranshuParmar.witr -eQuellspur
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View the package source record on GitHub.