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Install gaze with Homebrew

Execute commands for you. Version 1.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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brew install gaze

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overview

Package summary

Execute commands for you

Commands and aliases

  • gaze

history

Project history and usage

Gaze is a command-line file watcher that runs commands when files change. Its README describes the tool as a way to stay focused on code while Gaze reruns tests, linters, builds, scripts, or servers after saves.

Project history

The official repository was created in 2019 and is maintained as a Go CLI. The project emphasizes out-of-the-box defaults, language-agnostic command execution, pattern matching, restart behavior, timeouts, multi-command runs, and a YAML configuration view.

Adoption history

Official adoption evidence is light, but the project is packaged in Homebrew and published with cross-platform binaries. The README also positions Gaze for modern AI-assisted development workflows, where an agent edits files and a watcher reruns checks automatically.

How it is used

The simplest use is `gaze .` or `gaze a.py`; Gaze watches matching files and runs a default or user-specified command. Users can pass glob patterns, set a custom command with `-c`, restart previous processes with `-r`, set timeouts with `-t`, and inspect default YAML with `gaze -y`.

Why package nerds care

Gaze belongs to the family of small developer-loop CLIs where the package is valuable because it removes shell glue from everyday workflows. It is package-manager relevant as a single binary alternative to language-specific watchers, with defaults for many languages and no project-specific dependency stack.

Timeline

  • 2019: The official GitHub repository was created.
  • 2020s: The project published tagged releases and cross-platform binaries.
  • 2020s: The README added AI-agent workflow examples alongside traditional save-and-run usage.

Related projects

  • Gaze is related to file-watching command runners and developer-loop automation tools. Its README explicitly compares the workflow to running tests, linters, builds, scripts, and server restarts after source changes.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
gazecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.2.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.2.1

https://github.com/wtetsu/gaze

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:gaze
Version1.2.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gaze
Homepagehttps://github.com/wtetsu/gaze
Repositoryhttps://github.com/wtetsu/gaze
Upstream docshttps://github.com/wtetsu/gaze#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/wtetsu/gaze/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.1.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namegaze
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • wgoShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, command-runner, developer-tools, file-watcher.
  • watchexecShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, file-watcher, file-watching.
  • entrShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, file-watcher.
  • fswShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, file-watcher, file-watching.
  • funzzyShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, file-watcher, file-watching.
  • watchmanShares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, file-watcher, file-watching.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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