macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install gearmanlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install gearmandMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/gearmand/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install gearman with Homebrew, apt, apk, MacPorts, pacman
Application framework to farm out work to other machines or processes. Version 1.1.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install gearmanDebian stable package indexes · gearman · source: deb.debian.org
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add gearman-devAlpine Linux edge package indexes · gearman-dev · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S gearmandArch Linux sync databases · gearmand · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Application framework to farm out work to other machines or processes
Project links
Commands and aliases
- gearadmin
- gearman
- gearmand
history
Project history and usage
Gearman is an open-source job server and application framework for distributing work to other machines or processes, with clients and workers connected through a language-neutral protocol.
Project history
The official manual says Gearman was originally created at Danga Interactive, the company behind LiveJournal, and that its name is an anagram of Manager. It was used at LiveJournal for several purposes, including as a coordination mechanism for MogileFS.
The original implementation was written in Perl. As companies such as Digg and Yahoo began using Gearman, APIs in other languages such as PHP appeared. In early 2008, a C port of the job server and libraries began, and by the end of 2008 the C server was ready for its first release.
The modern gearmand repository notes that GitHub holds the latest source and versions 1.1.13 and later, while older releases before 1.1.13 live in the Launchpad repository.
Adoption history
Gearman was adopted as a general-purpose distributed work system for web infrastructure, background jobs, heterogeneous language stacks, and database-related workflows. The official site names high-availability web sites and database replication event transport as example use cases, and highlights clients and workers in different languages speaking the same protocol.
How it is used
A typical Gearman deployment runs gearmand as the job server, has clients submit named jobs, and has one or more workers register functions and return results. The command-line package includes gearmand, gearman, and gearadmin for running the server, submitting or working jobs, and inspecting server state.
Why package nerds care
Gearman is historically significant because it represents an older but durable Unix package pattern: a small daemon, a protocol, language bindings, and command-line tools that package managers can distribute separately or together. It is closely associated with the same LiveJournal/Danga infrastructure lineage that produced memcached, MogileFS, and Perlbal.
Timeline
- 2005: First Gearman blog post referenced by the official manual.
- 2008: C job server and libraries started and reached first release readiness.
- 2016: gearman/gearmand GitHub repository created.
- 2020: 1.1.19 maintenance release published.
- 2022: 1.1.20 maintenance release published.
- 2025: 1.1.22 maintenance release published.
Related projects
- The official history places Gearman in the Danga/LiveJournal family alongside memcached, MogileFS, and Perlbal. It also relates to the older Perl job server, the C gearmand server, language bindings such as PHP and Perl, and alternative implementations such as pure Java.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 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
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
gearadmin | cli | global executable | |
gearman | cli | global executable | |
gearmand | cli | global 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 version1.1.22
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/gearman/gearmand
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/gearman/gearmandnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:gearman |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.22 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gearman |
| Homepage | https://gearman.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/gearman/gearmand |
| Upstream docs | https://gearman.org/gearmand |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://github.com/gearman/gearmand/releases/download/1.1.22/gearmand-1.1.22.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:03:26-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | boost, libevent, libmemcached |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, sphinx-doc |
| Uses from macOS | sqlite |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | gearman |
| Aliases |
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| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
gearman 1.1.21+ds-1
Distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman- Section: misc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gearmand
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gearman
Ubuntu apt95%
gearman 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
Distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman- Section: universe/web
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gearmand
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Gearman
MacPorts94%
gearmand
sudo port install gearmand- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Debian apt92%
gearman-job-server 1.1.21+ds-1
Job server for the Gearman distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman-job-server- Section: misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 11 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Debian apt92%
gearman-tools 1.1.21+ds-1
Tools for the Gearman distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman-tools- Section: misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 5 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Debian apt92%
libgearman-dev 1.1.21+ds-1
Development files for the Gearman Library
sudo apt install libgearman-dev- Section: libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Debian apt92%
libgearman-doc 1.1.21+ds-1
API Documentation for the Gearman Library
sudo apt install libgearman-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gearmand
- 1 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Debian apt92%
libgearman8t64 1.1.21+ds-1
Library providing Gearman client and worker functions
sudo apt install libgearman8t64- Section: misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Ubuntu apt92%
gearman-job-server 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
Job server for the Gearman distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman-job-server- Section: universe/web
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 11 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Ubuntu apt92%
gearman-tools 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
Tools for the Gearman distributed job queue
sudo apt install gearman-tools- Section: universe/misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 5 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Ubuntu apt92%
libgearman-dev 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
Development files for the Gearman Library
sudo apt install libgearman-dev- Section: universe/libdevel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 2 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Ubuntu apt92%
libgearman-doc 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
API Documentation for the Gearman Library
sudo apt install libgearman-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: gearmand
- 1 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
Ubuntu apt92%
libgearman8t64 1.1.20+ds-1.2build4
Library providing Gearman client and worker functions
sudo apt install libgearman8t64- Section: universe/misc
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
apk92%
gearman-dev 1.1.22-r0
A distributed job queue (development files)
sudo apk add gearman-dev- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
apk92%
gearman-libs 1.1.22-r0
A distributed job queue (libraries)
sudo apk add gearman-libs- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
apk92%
gearmand 1.1.22-r0
A distributed job queue
sudo apk add gearmand- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: gearmand
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Gearmand
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment