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Install sleepwatcher with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Monitors sleep, wakeup, and idleness of a Mac. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install sleepwatcher

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install sleepwatcher

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/sleepwatcher/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#sleepwatcher

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

overview

Package summary

Monitors sleep, wakeup, and idleness of a Mac

Commands and aliases

  • sleepwatcher

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 11 platform targets.

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
sleepwatchercliglobal 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 version2.2.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.bernhard-baehr.de/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.bernhard-baehr.de/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:sleepwatcher
Version2.2.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sleepwatcher
Homepagehttps://www.bernhard-baehr.de/
Upstream docshttps://www.bernhard-baehr.de/
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://www.bernhard-baehr.de/sleepwatcher_2.2.1.tgz
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicedeclared
CaveatsFor SleepWatcher to work, you will need to write sleep and wakeup scripts, located here when using brew services: ~/.sleep ~/.wakeup

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namesleepwatcher
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • macos
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
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%

sleepwatcher

nix profile install nixpkgs#sleepwatcher
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sleepwatcher
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/sleepwatcher/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

sleepwatcher

sudo port install sleepwatcher
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sleepwatcher
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sleepwatcher/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment