install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install utimer

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install utimer

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

overview

Package summary

Multifunction timer tool

Project links

Commands and aliases

utimer

history

Project history and usage

utimer is a small command-line timer utility recorded in Launchpad as a multifunction timer, countdown, and stopwatch.

Project history

Launchpad lists the project as created on 2008-12-01 and describes it as no longer maintained. Its upstream code was hosted in Bazaar on Launchpad, which fits the late-2000s pattern of small Unix command-line utilities distributed through source-hosting services and later packaged by system package managers.

Adoption history

The available official record is thin, but package metadata in this batch shows utimer present in Homebrew and MacPorts, suggesting adoption mainly by users who wanted a tiny terminal timer available from Unix-like package managers rather than a graphical time-management application.

How it is used

The Launchpad summary describes three basic uses: counting up for a fixed interval, counting down from a duration, and acting as a stopwatch.

Why package nerds care

utimer matters mostly as a small-package example: a single-purpose CLI preserved by ports collections after upstream maintenance stopped.

Timeline

2008: Launchpad project created.
Unknown: Project marked no longer maintained in Launchpad.

Related projects

Related tools in the package-manager niche include other small terminal timer, countdown, and stopwatch commands rather than a documented upstream project family.

Sources

Launchpad API for utimer: project summary, Bazaar VCS, creation date, and unmaintained status.
source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew and MacPorts package presence.

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 13 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 3 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
`utimer`	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 version0.4

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://launchpad.net/utimer

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://launchpad.net/utimernone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:utimer
Version	0.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/utimer
Homepage	https://launchpad.net/utimer
Repository	https://code.launchpad.net/utimer
Upstream docs	https://launchpad.net/utimer
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://launchpad.net/utimer/0.4/0.4/+download/utimer-0.4.tar.gz
Dependencies	gettext, glib
Build dependencies	gettext, intltool, pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, 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	utimer
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.

MacPorts95%

utimer

sudo port install utimer

normalized package name match
Matched by: Utimer

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/utimer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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/utimer.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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