install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install icemon

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install icemon

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · icemon · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#icemon

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ic/icemon/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Icecream GUI Monitor

Project links

Commands and aliases

icemon

history

Project history and usage

Icemon is the graphical monitor for Icecream compile networks. It is a companion package rather than a compiler tool: it visualizes scheduler and daemon activity so users can see how an Icecream cluster is distributing build work.

Project history

The repository describes Icemon as an Icecream GUI monitor and lists Kevin Funk as maintainer. The project is closely tied to Icecream packaging because its build instructions require the Icecream development package and its purpose is to observe an Icecream network.

Maintainer posts show the 3.x series becoming public in 2015, followed by bug-fix and minor releases in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The GitHub repository records a 3.3 release in 2019.

Adoption history

Icemon's adoption follows Icecream's adoption: users install it when they need a live visual overview of a compile cluster rather than only logs or scheduler status. The Icecream README recommends installing Icemon or icecream-sundae with Icecream.

The package is niche but useful in distribution workflows because it gives an immediate picture of which machines are compiling, idle, or unreachable.

How it is used

After installing the Icecream development pieces and Qt/CMake build dependencies, users run `icemon` to connect to an Icecream scheduler and display compile-network activity.

It is most useful while tuning a local network build setup, checking whether workers are discovered, or explaining why a distributed build is not using expected hosts.

Why package nerds care

Icemon is package-nerd significant as a small observability sidecar for a build accelerator. It is not essential to compile with Icecream, but it makes the invisible scheduler/daemon traffic legible.

Its separate package identity also shows a common Unix packaging pattern: keep the daemon/client tools in one package and the graphical monitor in another.

Timeline

2015: Icemon 3.0 was announced publicly by maintainer Kevin Funk.
2016: Icemon 3.0.1 followed as a patch release.
2017: Icemon 3.1.0 added bug fixes and small feature work.
2018: Icemon 3.2.0 addressed scheduler discovery problems with newer Icecream releases.
2019: The GitHub repository lists release 3.3.

Related projects

Icecream is the distributed compiler system that Icemon monitors.
icecream-sundae is a command-line monitor alternative referenced by Icecream documentation.
distcc is the older distributed-compilation project behind Icecream's lineage.

Sources

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 6 platform targets.
Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 4 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
`icemon`	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 version3.3

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv3.3

https://github.com/icecc/icemon

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:icemon
Version	3.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/icemon
Homepage	https://kfunk.org/tag/icemon/
Repository	https://github.com/icecc/icemon
Upstream docs	https://github.com/icecc/icemon
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/icecc/icemon/archive/refs/tags/v3.3.tar.gz
Dependencies	icecream, libarchive, lzo, qtbase, zstd
Build dependencies	cmake, extra-cmake-modules, pkgconf, sphinx-doc
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	icemon
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

icemon

nix profile install nixpkgs#icemon

normalized package name match
Matched by: Icemon

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ic/icemon/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

dnf95%

icemon 3.3-18.fc44

Icecream GUI monitor

https://kfunk.org/tag/icemon/

sudo dnf install icemon

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: icemon
10 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Icemon

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package graph

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

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.

combined/icemon.yml

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

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