# Install utimer with Homebrew, MacPorts Multifunction timer tool. Version 0.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:utimer ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install utimer ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install utimer ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/utimer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:utimer - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4 - **Source summary:** Multifunction timer tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - utimer (cli) - utimer (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glib ## Build dependencies - gettext - intltool - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://launchpad.net/utimer - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 ### Project history Launchpad lists the project as created on 2008-12-01 and describes it as no longer maintained.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 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:** utimer - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - MacPorts - utimer: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/utimer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [intltool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/intltool/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [countdown](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/countdown/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, countdown, productivity, time-management, timer. - [klog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/klog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking. - [timewarrior](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/timewarrior/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking. - [tock](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tock/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking. - [watson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/watson/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, time-tracking. - [arttime](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/arttime/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, timer. - [a2ps](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/a2ps/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. - [abook](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abook/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/utimer.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/utimer.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