# Install overmind with Homebrew, Nix

Process manager for Procfile-based applications and tmux. Version 2.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#overmind.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:overmind
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install overmind
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#overmind
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ov/overmind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:overmind
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/overmind>
- **Version:** 2.5.1
- **Source summary:** Process manager for Procfile-based applications and tmux
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind/archive/refs/tags/v2.5.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T23:46:54+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- overmind (cli)
- overmind (alias)

## Dependencies

- tmux

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 2.5.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-27
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind
- Upstream latest detected: v2.5.1 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ./Procfile, ./.overmind.env, ~/.overmind.env, ./.env, $OVERMIND_ENV
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** overmind
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - overmind: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ov/overmind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [tmux](https://pkg.so/brew/tmux/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [goreman](https://pkg.so/brew/goreman/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, development-workflow, go, process-manager.
- [hivemind](https://pkg.so/brew/hivemind/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, development-workflow, process-manager, procfile.
- [forego](https://pkg.so/brew/forego/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go, process-manager, procfile.
- [foreman](https://pkg.so/brew/foreman/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, process-manager, procfile.
- [honcho](https://pkg.so/brew/honcho/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, process-manager, procfile.
- [fzf](https://pkg.so/brew/fzf/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go.
- [hugo](https://pkg.so/brew/hugo/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go.
- [golangci-lint](https://pkg.so/brew/golangci-lint/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, go.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/overmind.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/overmind.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph