# zzz mit Homebrew, apk, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für zzz in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:zzz
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install zzz
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add zzz
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zzz from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#zzz
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zz/zzz/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:zzz
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/zzz>
- **Version:** 1
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Command-line tool to put Macs to sleep
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Orc/Zzz>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Orc/Zzz>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://github.com/Orc/Zzz#readme>
- **Lizenz:** LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/Orc/Zzz/archive/refs/tags/v1.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- Zzz (cli)
- Zzz (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-08
- Manager-Version: 1
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/Orc/Zzz
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- Info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Zzz is a tiny macOS command-line utility that immediately requests system sleep. It is essentially a packaged one-command wrapper around Apple's IOKit power-management APIs.

### Projektgeschichte

The upstream README presents Zzz as a command-line macOS sleep program similar to SleepNow, with traditional make-based installation and a Homebrew installation path. The source is intentionally small C code using IOMasterPort, IOPMFindPowerManagement, and IOPMSleepSystem to ask macOS to sleep.

There is little public narrative around the project beyond the README and source, so its history is best understood as preservation of a tiny utility rather than an evolving application ecosystem.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption appears narrow: users install it when they want a memorable terminal command that sleeps a Mac immediately, especially in scripts or shell workflows where a GUI sleep command is awkward. The README's explicit Homebrew instructions show that package-manager installation is part of the intended usage story.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Usage is intentionally minimal: run Zzz, and the Mac sleeps immediately. The program has no configuration file, credentials, long-running daemon, or visible help flow; its behavior is the side effect of calling the macOS power-management sleep API.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zzz is package-nerd significant as an extreme small-package case. It demonstrates why package indexes contain tiny platform appliances: a few lines of C plus a stable command name can be more convenient than remembering or retyping lower-level system calls or scripts.

It also shows the maintenance quirks of old macOS C utilities: even a sleep wrapper depends on SDK headers, IOKit linkage, and small compatibility fixes over time.

### Zeitleiste

- Public README era: Zzz is documented as a command-line macOS sleep program with make-based installation and Homebrew installation instructions.
- Current source: Zzz implements sleep by opening the macOS power-management connection and calling IOPMSleepSystem.

### Related projects

- Related tools and APIs include Apple's IOKit power-management APIs, pmset sleepnow, SleepNow-style utilities, SleepWatcher, caffeinate as the opposite keep-awake workflow, and other macOS command-line power-management helpers.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/Orc/Zzz>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Orc/Zzz/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Orc/Zzz/master/Zzz.c>
- <https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/schedule-your-mac-to-turn-on-or-off-mchl40376151/mac>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** zzz
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** macos
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - zzz: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zz/zzz/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - zzz - 0.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zzz from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Suspend or hibernate your computer | https://github.com/jirutka/zzz
- apk - zzz-doc - 0.2.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zzz-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Suspend or hibernate your computer (documentation) | https://github.com/jirutka/zzz


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [powerman](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/powerman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, power-management, system.
- [nut](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/nut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, power-management, system.
- [sleepwatcher](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/sleepwatcher/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, sleep, system.
- [apcupsd](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/apcupsd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, power-management, system.
- [asitop](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/asitop/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, system.
- [bluetoothconnector](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/bluetoothconnector/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, system.
- [blueutil](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/blueutil/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, system.
- [brightness](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/brightness/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, system.
- [mas](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mas/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, line, macos, management.
- [mist-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mist-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, line, macos, management.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zzz.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zzz.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
