# launch を Homebrew, MacPorts でインストール

launch のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:launch
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install launch
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install launch
```

  証拠: MacPorts ports tree: aqua/launch/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:launch
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 1.2.5
- **ソース概要:** Command-line launcher for macOS, in the spirit of open
- **ホームページ:** <https://sabi.net/nriley/software/#launch>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/nriley/launch>
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- launch (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 1.2.5
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

launch is a macOS command-line launcher written by Nicholas Riley in the spirit of Apple's open(1), adding options that Apple's built-in tool did not expose. It belongs to the small tradition of Mac developer utilities that wrap Launch Services behavior in scriptable Unix-style commands.

### プロジェクトの歴史

The README states the motivation plainly: macOS already has open, but launch offers additional options. Its version history shows continuing maintenance across OS X and macOS transitions, including 64-bit Intel binaries for OS X 10.8 and later in 1.2.4, a 2018 1.2.5 fix, and unreleased Universal 2 signing work for macOS/OS X 10.9 and later.

The public GitHub repository is a distribution and maintenance point with no GitHub Releases published, so the README's embedded version history is the main authoritative chronology.

### 採用の歴史

launch is packaged by Homebrew and MacPorts, which fits its audience: macOS users who live in the shell but need Launch Services features more detailed than open's default interface.

### 使われ方

Users invoke launch from scripts or terminals to open files, URLs, applications, or Launch Services targets with more control than open(1). Its usefulness is mostly macOS-specific and tied to desktop integration rather than portable Unix behavior.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package nerds, launch is a compact example of why macOS package collections are not just Unix ports: they also preserve small native utilities that bridge shell workflows to Cocoa-era system APIs.

### タイムライン

- 2017: Version 1.2.4 dated 2017-10-01 adjusted installation paths and macOS 10.13 SDK compatibility.
- 2018: Version 1.2.5 dated 2018-04-02 fixed option restrictions involving -l.
- 2020s: Version 1.2.6d1 README marks unreleased signed Universal 2 binary work for macOS/OS X 10.9 and later.

### Related projects

- Related tools include Apple's open(1), macOS Launch Services, Homebrew's launch formula, and the MacPorts launch port.

### ソース

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/launch>
- <https://github.com/nriley/launch>
- <https://sabi.net/nriley/software>


## セキュリティノート

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger リスク:** グリーン / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

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


## Combined YAML source

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


## ソース

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