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Install sloth with Homebrew Cask

Displays all open files and sockets in use by all running processes. Version 3.6 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sloth.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%
brew install --cask sloth

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Displays all open files and sockets in use by all running processes

Commands and aliases

No executable aliases were found in the local package database.

history

Project history and usage

Sloth is a native macOS system-inspection application that shows the files, directories, devices, pipes, and network or Unix sockets used by running processes.

Project history

Sveinbjörn Þórðarson began Sloth in 2004 and has maintained it as free, open-source macOS software. The application is written as a native Objective-C/Cocoa frontend to lsof and is released under the BSD 3-Clause license.

Adoption history

Sloth is distributed directly by its developer and through Homebrew Cask. Continued maintenance since 2004 has made it a longstanding macOS utility for users who need an approachable view of Unix process resources.

How it is used

Users filter or sort the resource list by process, path, access mode, volume, socket characteristics, or regular expression, then inspect details or perform contextual file operations. Sloth can authenticate within the application when a scan requires root privileges.

Why package nerds care

Sloth turns the output of the classic Unix lsof utility into a searchable native interface. It is useful when a package installer cannot replace a file, a volume cannot be unmounted, a port appears occupied, or a user needs to identify which process owns a socket or pipe.

Timeline

  • 2004: Sloth development began.
  • Later distribution: The developer added Homebrew Cask as an installation option alongside direct downloads.

Related projects

  • lsof: The Unix command-line utility whose output Sloth parses and presents graphically.
  • Homebrew Cask: An officially documented installation route for Sloth on macOS.

Sources

  • Official project homepage: https://sveinbjorn.org/sloth
  • Official source repository and README: https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Sloth

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
No executable data was present.

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 generated2026-11-04
manager version3.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://sveinbjorn.org/sloth

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://sveinbjorn.org/slothnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keycask:sloth
Version3.6
Package managerHomebrew Cask
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/cask/sloth
Homepagehttps://sveinbjorn.org/sloth
Upstream docshttps://sveinbjorn.org/sloth
Source archivehttps://sveinbjorn.org/files/software/sloth/sloth-3.6.zip
SHA-256d3997c364c0b5f58e8676d336b78943cfcbc54e6c78cab348bd1580c29332da6
Bottlenot recorded
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew cask API
Taphomebrew/cask
Full Tokensloth
Names
  • Sloth
Artifacts
App
1
Target
1
Zap
1
Auto Updatesyes
Deprecatedno
Disabledno

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

sloth

nix profile install nixpkgs#sloth
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sloth
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/sloth/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

sloth

sudo port install sloth
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Sloth
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: aqua/sloth/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.

Same workflow

  • sloth-cliLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: sloth.
  • taskexplorerLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: all, processes, running.
  • lsofLocal package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: files, open, processes.

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.

Used sources

  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment