macOS
brew install witrlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install witrMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/witr/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de witr pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install witrlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install witrMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/witr/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
nix profile install nixpkgs#witrnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wi/witr/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
scoop install main/witrScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/witr.json · Source: api.github.com
winget install --id PranshuParmar.witr -eWindows Package Manager source index · PranshuParmar.witr · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
aperçu
Why is this running?
historique
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.
posture de sécurité
Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour witr. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
witr | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:witr |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.3 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/witr |
| Page d'accueil | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr#readme |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Archive source | https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.3.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-07-25T22:40:21+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances de compilation | go |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| 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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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
witr
nix profile install nixpkgs#witrwitr
sudo port install witrmain/witr
scoop install main/witrPranshuParmar.witr
winget install --id PranshuParmar.witr -episte source
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