install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install webify

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install webify

MacPorts ports tree · devel/webify/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Wrapper for shell commands as web services

Project links

Commands and aliases

webify

history

Project history and usage

webify is a deliberately tiny command-line CGI-style server that exposes one local command or script as an HTTP service. Its public history is short, but the repository and README clearly document the package's purpose and operating model.

Project history

The `beefsack/webify` repository was created on August 25, 2020, and published a burst of ten GitHub releases from v1.0.0 through v1.5.0 during August 2020. The project is MIT-licensed and describes itself as a way to turn shell commands into web services.

The README's design goal is zero configuration: webify forwards every request to a single script, writes the request body to standard input, returns standard output as the HTTP response body, and maps a non-zero process exit to HTTP 500.

Adoption history

The project appears to have remained a compact utility rather than a large ecosystem. By July 2026 the GitHub API showed under one thousand stars and a few dozen forks, enough to indicate developer interest but not enough public record for a deep adoption narrative.

How it is used

The canonical example is wrapping `wc -c` so an HTTP POST body is counted by a shell command. That pattern generalizes to small internal services, demos, glue scripts, and throwaway automation where a process-oriented interface is simpler than writing a web framework handler.

Why package nerds care

webify is interesting as a minimal Unix-to-HTTP adapter: it treats stdin, stdout, and exit status as the application protocol. For package collectors, it is a neat example of the small-tools tradition applied to local web services.

Timeline

2020-08-25: Public GitHub repository `beefsack/webify` created.
2020-08-25: v1.0.0 and early 1.x releases published.
2020-08-29: v1.5.0 published as the latest listed GitHub release.

Related projects

webify is conceptually related to CGI, inetd-style command dispatch, shell scripts behind reverse proxies, and lightweight webhook command runners.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: yellow

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

Risk classifier

yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal

Signals

text:shell

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 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
`webify`	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 version1.5.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.5.0

https://github.com/beefsack/webify

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:webify
Version	1.5.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/webify
Homepage	https://github.com/beefsack/webify
Repository	https://github.com/beefsack/webify
Upstream docs	https://github.com/beefsack/webify#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/beefsack/webify/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.0.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
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	webify
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head 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%

webify

sudo port install webify

normalized package name match
Matched by: Webify

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/webify/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/webify.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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