# Install pidof with Homebrew, MacPorts

Display the PID number for a given process name. Version 0.1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install pidof.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pidof
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pidof
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install pidof
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pidof
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.4
- **Source summary:** Display the PID number for a given process name
- **Homepage:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20240808152721/http://www.nightproductions.net/cli.htm>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://web.archive.org/web/20240808152721/http://www.nightproductions.net/cli.htm>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pidof (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.1.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pidof. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - pidof: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/pidof/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [find-process](https://pkg.so/npm/find-process/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: name, pid, process.
- [detach](https://pkg.so/brew/detach/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: given, process.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph