# urlwatch mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für urlwatch in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:urlwatch ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install urlwatch ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add urlwatch ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: urlwatch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install urlwatch ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: urlwatch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install urlwatch ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: urlwatch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#urlwatch ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ur/urlwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S urlwatch ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: urlwatch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install urlwatch ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: urlwatch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:urlwatch - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.29 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Get notified when a webpage changes - **Homepage:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-15T11:13:37Z - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - urlwatch (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.29 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung urlwatch is a command-line webpage and command-output monitor that records previous results and reports changes as diffs. The project site and handbook describe notifications through email, terminal output, and many third-party services, with jobs configured in YAML and filters used to normalize the content being watched. ### Projektgeschichte The project is presented on Thomas Perl's site under a 2008 URL path, and the current site lists version 2.29 as a 2024 source distribution. Its public GitHub repository was created in 2014, while the current handbook documents the modern 2.x architecture: YAML job files, a separate urlwatch.yaml configuration file, reporters, filters, shell jobs, browser jobs, and an SQLite cache database for stored history. The migration documentation explains the importance of the 2.0 line: URLs moved into YAML, the cache directory became an SQLite database, hooks were replaced by extensible jobs, filters, and reporters, and a configuration file was added for user preferences. Those changes turned a simple URL checker into a broader change-monitoring framework while keeping the command-line workflow. ### Adoptionsgeschichte The official project page links to PyPI, GitHub, and Repology packaging status; the input package-manager matrix lists Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora/dnf, Nix, Arch/pacman, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/zypper. That combination shows urlwatch as a widely packaged Unix-style automation utility rather than a one-platform script. ### Wie es verwendet wird A common setup is to install urlwatch, run it once, edit urls.yaml with urlwatch --edit, edit settings and reporters with urlwatch --edit-config, and schedule periodic runs with cron. Each run retrieves a job, applies filters, compares the result against the previous version, and invokes reporters if differences are found. The handbook's job model covers ordinary URL fetches, headless-browser navigation for JavaScript-rendered pages, and shell commands. Its filter system supports selectors, HTML-to-text conversion, PDF and JSON handling, grep-like filtering, sorting, checksums, and chained transformations, making it useful for monitoring release pages, package indexes, documents, APIs, or local command output. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren urlwatch is especially relevant to package-manager culture because package maintainers and power users often need to notice upstream tarballs, changelogs, documentation, security advisories, or formula metadata changing before those changes appear in a feed. It is also itself a well-packaged Python CLI with an official website, PyPI releases, Read the Docs documentation, and broad distro availability. ### Zeitleiste - 2008: Project website is published under thp.io/2008/urlwatch. - 2014-01-29: Public GitHub repository metadata records repository creation. - 2.0: Migration docs describe the move to YAML jobs, SQLite cache history, extensible jobs, filters, reporters, and urlwatch.yaml. - 2024-10-28: Project site lists urlwatch 2.29 source distribution. ### Related projects - urlwatch belongs to the same practical family as cron, diff, web-checking scripts, feed monitors, and package-update watchers, but wraps those patterns in a reusable CLI with filters, reporters, and persistent change history. ### Quellen - GitHub repository metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/thp/urlwatch - Input source_facts.package-manager lists cross-distribution packaging. - Official README: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thp/urlwatch/master/README.md - Official handbook: https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - Official introduction: https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/introduction.html - Official migration guide: https://urlwatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/migration.html - Official project site: https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ ## Sicherheitshinweise Für urlwatch wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/urlwatch/urls.yaml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/urlwatch/urlwatch.yaml, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/urlwatch/hooks.py ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - urlwatch - 2.29-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: urlwatch from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | monitors webpages for you | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - Nix - urlwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ur/urlwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - urlwatch - 2.28-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: urlwatch from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | monitors webpages for you | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - apk - urlwatch - 2.29-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: urlwatch from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool for monitoring webpages for updates | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - apk - urlwatch-doc - 2.29-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: urlwatch-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool for monitoring webpages for updates (documentation) | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - apk - urlwatch-pyc - 2.29-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: urlwatch-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for urlwatch | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - dnf - urlwatch - 2.29-6.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: urlwatch from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A tool for monitoring webpages for updates | http://thpinfo.com/2008/urlwatch/ - pacman - urlwatch - 2.29-4: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: urlwatch from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Tool for monitoring webpages for updates | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ - zypper - urlwatch - 2.29-2.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: urlwatch from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A tool for monitoring webpages for updates | https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/urlwatch.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/urlwatch.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph