# Install daemon with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix Turn other processes into daemons. Version 0.8.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:daemon ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install daemon ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install daemon ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/daemon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install daemon ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: daemon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#daemon ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daemon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:daemon - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.8.4 - **Source summary:** Turn other processes into daemons - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - daemon (cli) - daemon (alias) ## 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: 0.8.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://libslack.org/daemon/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage daemon is a Unix command that turns other processes into daemon-style background services, adding process setup, pidfile management, logging, respawn behavior, and optional configuration files around a client command. ### Project history The official libslack page describes daemon as a companion to libslack's daemonization functionality: it performs the process-context work for programs written in languages or scripts that do not daemonize themselves. ### Adoption history daemon fits a long Unix packaging niche: small service-wrapper commands that predate or complement init systems. Its official page lists Linux, BSD, Solaris, and macOS-oriented keywords and maintains downloadable source tarballs rather than advertising an official source-control repository. ### How it is used Users invoke daemon around another command, optionally name it, write and lock pidfiles, send output to syslog, respawn it, and define default options in system or per-user configuration files. ### Why package nerds care The package is interesting because it preserves an old-school Unix service-wrapper workflow in modern package managers: one small executable, a manpage, configuration files, and source tarballs from an upstream software page. ### Timeline - 0.6.4: Official download table lists a final 0.6.4 tarball. - 0.8.4: Official download table lists daemon-0.8.4 as the current source tarball. ### Related projects - daemon is related to libslack, daemonize, system daemonization APIs, pidfile-based service wrappers, and Unix init/service supervision tools. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/daemon.conf, ~/.daemonrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** daemon - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - daemon - 0.8.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: daemon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | turns other processes into daemons | https://libslack.org/daemon/ - Nix - daemon: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daemon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - daemon - 0.8.4-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: daemon from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | turns other processes into daemons | https://libslack.org/daemon/ - MacPorts - daemon: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/daemon/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts. - [daemonize](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/daemonize/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemonization, process-management, system, unix. - [lockrun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lockrun/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [supervisor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/supervisor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [cpulimit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpulimit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system. - [detach](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/detach/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [gruyere](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gruyere/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system. - [immortal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/immortal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [killport](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/killport/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system. - [jsvc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jsvc/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, daemon, daemons, management, service. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/daemon.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/daemon.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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