# Install supervisor with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, pacman, zypper Process Control System. Version 4.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:supervisor ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install supervisor ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add supervisor ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: supervisor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install supervisor ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: supervisor from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install supervisor ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: supervisor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S supervisor ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: supervisor from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install supervisor ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: supervisor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:supervisor - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.3.0 - **Source summary:** Process Control System - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause-Modification - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T13:13:44+09:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - echo_supervisord_conf (cli) - pidproxy (cli) - supervisorctl (cli) - supervisord (cli) - echo_supervisord_conf (alias) - pidproxy (alias) - supervisorctl (alias) - supervisord (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.3.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://supervisord.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Supervisor is a Python client/server process-control system for Unix-like operating systems. It became a common package-manager install for developers and operators who wanted a simple way to run, restart, and inspect long-running services without writing per-service rc scripts. ### Project history Supervisor's own changelog traces public 1.0-era releases back to 2004, followed by 2.x releases in 2006 and a long 3.0 alpha/beta series beginning in 2007 before Supervisor 3.0 in 2013. The project later added Python 3 support in the 4.0.0 release in 2019 while retaining the familiar supervisord/supervisorctl model. ### Adoption history The official introduction says Supervisor has been around for years and is already used on many servers. The supplied package-manager facts show broad packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, apk, and openSUSE, which matches its role as a standard Unix service-management utility. ### How it is used Supervisor runs child processes under supervisord and exposes control through supervisorctl, XML-RPC, and an optional web interface. Its documented value is convenience, accurate process state, limited delegation, and process grouping, especially for services that do not daemonize or restart themselves cleanly. ### Why package nerds care Package nerds care about Supervisor because it is a classic glue package: small commands, a predictable INI config file, Unix socket/HTTP control surfaces, and deployment patterns that appear in development boxes, servers, containers, and legacy init setups. It is also a good example of Python infrastructure software that distributions have carried through major Python runtime transitions. ### Timeline - 2004: Supervisor 1.0.5 appears in the official changelog - 2006: Supervisor 2.0 released after a fundamental rewrite - 2013: Supervisor 3.0 released - 2016: Supervisor 3.3.0 added /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf to upstream search paths - 2019: Supervisor 4.0.0 added Python 3 support - 2025: Supervisor 4.3.0 released ### Related projects - Supervisor overlaps culturally with init scripts, daemon supervisors, process managers, and service managers such as systemd, runit, daemontools-style tools, and container entrypoint supervisors. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ../etc/supervisord.conf, ../supervisord.conf, $CWD/supervisord.conf, $CWD/etc/supervisord.conf, /etc/supervisord.conf, /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** supervisor - **Aliases:** supervisord - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - supervisor - 4.2.5-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: supervisor from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | System for controlling process state | http://supervisord.org/ - Debian apt - supervisor-doc - 4.2.5-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: supervisor-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for a supervisor | http://supervisord.org/ - Ubuntu apt - supervisor - 4.2.5-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: supervisor from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | System for controlling process state | http://supervisord.org/ - Ubuntu apt - supervisor-doc - 4.2.5-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: supervisor-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for a supervisor | http://supervisord.org/ - apk - supervisor - 4.3.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: supervisor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | system for controlling process state under UNIX | http://supervisord.org/ - apk - supervisor-openrc - 4.3.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: supervisor-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | system for controlling process state under UNIX (OpenRC init scripts) | http://supervisord.org/ - apk - supervisor-pyc - 4.3.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: supervisor-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for supervisor | http://supervisord.org/ - dnf - supervisor - 4.2.5-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: supervisor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A system for allowing the control of process state on UNIX | http://supervisord.org - pacman - supervisor - 4.3.0-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: supervisor from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A system for controlling process state under UNIX | http://supervisord.org - zypper - supervisor - 4.3.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: supervisor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A system for controlling process state under UNIX | http://supervisord.org/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [daemon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/daemon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [daemonize](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/daemonize/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [detach](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/detach/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, process-management, system, unix. - [gruyere](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gruyere/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, python, system. - [immortal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/immortal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, process-management, system, unix. - [lockrun](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lockrun/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system, unix. - [timelimit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/timelimit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-control, process-management, system, unix. - [cpulimit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpulimit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, process-management, system. - [hapless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hapless/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, management, process, process-management, python. - [supervisor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/supervisor/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/supervisor.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/supervisor.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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