# Install countdown with Homebrew

Terminal countdown timer. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:countdown
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install countdown
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:countdown
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/countdown>
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Source summary:** Terminal countdown timer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- countdown (cli)
- countdown (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.5.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown
- Upstream latest detected: v1.5.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

Countdown is a small Go terminal countdown timer distributed as a command-line utility.

### Project history

The public repository was created in 2019 and describes a focused CLI for countdowns, target times, count-up mode, titles, pausing, and optional macOS speech announcements.

### Adoption history

The official install instructions name Homebrew, `go install`, and prebuilt GitHub release binaries, which is the typical distribution mix for a compact Go CLI.

### How it is used

Users invoke `countdown` with a Go-style duration or a target time, optionally chaining a shell command after completion.

### Why package nerds care

Its packaging is intentionally simple: one executable, no documented config file, and release artifacts suitable for Homebrew-style formula maintenance.

### Timeline

- 2019: Public GitHub repository created and 1.0.0 release published.
- 2023: 1.5.0 release published.

### Related projects

- fx
- walk
- howto

### Sources

- <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/antonmedv/countdown>
- <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

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


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [lf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, terminal.
- [stormy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stormy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, terminal.
- [superfile](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/superfile/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, terminal.
- [utimer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/utimer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, countdown, productivity, time-management, timer.
- [xkcd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/xkcd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, go, productivity, terminal.
- [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [aerc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aerc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [alot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, terminal.
- [arttime](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arttime/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, time, timer.
- [bartib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bartib/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, productivity, terminal, time.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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