# Install multitime with Homebrew, Nix, apt Time command execution over multiple executions. Version 1.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:multitime ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install multitime ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#multitime ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/multitime/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install multitime ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: multitime from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:multitime - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.5 - **Source summary:** Time command execution over multiple executions - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - multitime (cli) - multitime (alias) ## Build dependencies - autoconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ltratt/multitime - Upstream latest detected: multitime-1.5 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 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:** multitime - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - multitime: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/multitime/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - multitime - 1.4-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: multitime from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | time-like tool which does multiple runs | https://tratt.net/laurie/src/multitime/ ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [hyperfine](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyperfine/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [pyperformance](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pyperformance/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [sqlbench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sqlbench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools, performance. - [minio-warp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/minio-warp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools. - [pipebench](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pipebench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools. - [siege](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/siege/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools. - [wrk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wrk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: benchmarking, cli, developer-tools. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/multitime.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/multitime.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