# Install daemonize with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper Run a command as a UNIX daemon. Version 1.7.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:daemonize ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install daemonize ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install daemonize ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: daemonize from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install daemonize ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: daemonize from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#daemonize ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daemonize/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install daemonize ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: daemonize from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:daemonize - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.7.8 - **Source summary:** Run a command as a UNIX daemon - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - daemonize (cli) - daemonize (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, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.7.8 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/bmc/daemonize - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage daemonize is a small C command-line utility for running another command as a Unix daemon when that program does not daemonize itself correctly. ### Project history The daemonize GitHub repository was created in 2010, while the official project page describes the tool in the tradition of W. Richard Stevens' Unix daemon definition. The page links the GitHub repository, release downloads, and a manpage. ### Adoption history daemonize spread through Unix package managers because it solves a narrow operational problem with very little surface area. The official page explicitly documents Homebrew installation for macOS and source builds for other Unix-like systems. ### How it is used Users wrap a foreground command with daemonize so it detaches, runs in the background, and can redirect stdin, stdout, stderr, pidfiles, and working-directory behavior according to the manpage. ### Why package nerds care daemonize is a classic tiny-admin-tool package: stable C source, autoconf build, BSD licensing, a manpage, and a job that remains useful whenever a service process lacks its own daemon mode. ### Timeline - 2010: daemonize repository created. - 2010s: 1.6 and 1.7 release-tag series published. - 2026: repository still maintained with recent activity. ### Related projects - daemonize is related to daemon, Unix daemon(3), FreeBSD daemon(1), init scripts, and process-supervision tools. ### Sources - - - - ## 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:** daemonize - **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 - daemonize - 1.7.8-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: daemonize from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool to run a command as a daemon | http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/ - Nix - daemonize: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/da/daemonize/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - daemonize - 1.7.8-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: daemonize from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool to run a command as a daemon | http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/ - dnf - daemonize - 1.7.8-15.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: daemonize from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Run a command as a Unix daemon | http://www.clapper.org/software/daemonize/ - zypper - daemonize - 1.7.8-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: daemonize from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Command line utility to run any program as a Unix daemon | https://github.com/bmc/daemonize ## 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. - [daemon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/daemon/) - 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. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/daemonize.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/daemonize.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph