# hwatch mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für hwatch in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:hwatch
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hwatch
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install hwatch
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add hwatch
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hwatch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#hwatch
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:hwatch
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hwatch>
- **Version:** 0.4.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Modern alternative to the watch command
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch/archive/refs/tags/0.4.2.tar.gz>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- hwatch (cli)
- hwatch (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- rust

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.4.2
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch
- neueste erkannte Version: 0.4.2 (aktuell)
- Info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

hwatch is a modern replacement for the Unix `watch` command. It repeatedly runs a command, keeps output history, shows diffs, can log results as JSON, and can trigger hooks when output changes.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in February 2018, and the README describes hwatch as an alternative watch command developed starting in 2018. The release list shows a v0.1.0 tag in July 2018, followed by 0.1.x releases through 2019 and later 0.2/0.3 releases in 2022.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README lists installation paths through Homebrew, MacPorts, AUR, Nix, conda-forge, mise/asdf, Cargo, GitHub release archives, and distro packaging work such as Alpine and Debian-style assets. That spread matches a small terminal utility whose adoption depends on being easy to install on many developer machines.

### Wie es verwendet wird

hwatch is used where plain `watch` is too stateless: monitoring command output, scrolling previous results, viewing line or word diffs, writing JSONL logs, running an after-command on change, or using batch output in scripts.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Its package-nerd value is the familiar Unix-watch workflow with persistence and diff awareness. It is a small tool, but it fills a practical gap for people who inspect build output, service state, queue depths, or logs from a terminal.

### Zeitleiste

- 2018: Repository created and v0.1.0 release published.
- 2019: 0.1.x releases continued the early CLI line.
- 2022: 0.2.x and 0.3.x releases appeared.
- 2026: README packaging notes listed multiple package-manager and release-asset paths.

### Related projects

- hwatch is directly related to the traditional Unix `watch` command, terminal diff viewers, JSONL logging workflows, Rust/Cargo packaging, and shell hook automation.

### Quellen

- Project README, GitHub release metadata, GitHub repository metadata, and Homebrew package metadata were used.


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - hwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/hw/hwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - hwatch - 0.3.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hwatch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A modern alternative to the watch command | https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch
- apk - hwatch-doc - 0.3.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hwatch-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A modern alternative to the watch command (documentation) | https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch
- apk - hwatch-fish-completion - 0.3.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hwatch-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for hwatch | https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch
- apk - hwatch-zsh-completion - 0.3.11-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: hwatch-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for hwatch | https://github.com/blacknon/hwatch
- MacPorts - hwatch: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/hwatch/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [rust](https://pkg.so/de/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [viddy](https://pkg.so/de/brew/viddy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal, watch.
- [htop](https://pkg.so/de/brew/htop/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal.
- [pv](https://pkg.so/de/brew/pv/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal.
- [dfc](https://pkg.so/de/brew/dfc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal.
- [gotop](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gotop/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal.
- [multitail](https://pkg.so/de/brew/multitail/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal.
- [tree](https://pkg.so/de/brew/tree/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [eza](https://pkg.so/de/brew/eza/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, system, terminal.
- [facad](https://pkg.so/de/brew/facad/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: alternative, cli, modern, system, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

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