install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install multitime

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#multitime

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

Ubuntu aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install multitime

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · multitime · source: archive.ubuntu.com

overview

Package summary

Time command execution over multiple executions

Project links

Commands and aliases

multitime

history

Project history and usage

multitime is Laurence Tratt's small benchmarking utility that extends Unix `time` by running a command repeatedly and reporting summary statistics. Tratt's overview starts from a common problem with one-shot timing: caches, background load, CPU and I/O scheduling, and user cherry-picking can make a single `time` result misleading. multitime answers that with repeated runs and output that includes means, standard deviations, minimums, medians, and maximums.

Project history

The tool is intentionally narrow. It times external commands rather than becoming a language-specific profiler, and it includes options for controlling standard input and output across runs. Its man page also documents batch files for comparing different commands by randomly interleaving executions, which spreads machine noise more evenly across alternatives. That makes it a useful command-line companion for compiler, shell, and systems experiments where the benchmark is already expressible as a command.

How it is used

Its package-manager niche is a lightweight developer and research tool: smaller than benchmarking harnesses, more statistically honest than running `time` by hand several times, and easy to install through Homebrew, Nix, and Debian/Ubuntu-style packages.

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.
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

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`multitime`	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 version1.5

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedmultitime-1.5

https://github.com/ltratt/multitime

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:multitime
Version	1.5
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/multitime
Homepage	https://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/
Repository	https://github.com/ltratt/multitime
Upstream docs	https://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/ltratt/multitime/archive/refs/tags/multitime-1.5.tar.gz
Build dependencies	autoconf
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	multitime
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
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%

multitime

nix profile install nixpkgs#multitime

normalized package name match
Matched by: Multitime

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

Ubuntu apt95%

multitime 1.4-2

time-like tool which does multiple runs

https://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/

sudo apt install multitime

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Multitime

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: multitime from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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/multitime.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

Install multitime with Homebrew, Nix, apt