# Install apachetop with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts Top-like display of Apache log. Version 0.23.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install apachetop. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:apachetop ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install apachetop ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install apachetop ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/apachetop/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install apachetop ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: apachetop from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install apachetop ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: apachetop from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:apachetop - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.23.2 - **Source summary:** Top-like display of Apache log - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:44-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - apachetop (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.23.2 ## Project history and usage ApacheTop is a small terminal monitor that gives Apache HTTP Server access logs a `top`-like live display. Its package value is direct and old-school: install it, point it at a log, and watch request, URL, referrer, and host activity update in real time. ### Project history ApacheTop predates the modern observability stack and comes from the era when command-line log monitors were often the fastest way to understand a busy web server. The maintained GitHub repository describes it as a top-like display of Apache log activity. The project is comparatively small and its official history is thin. The current repository and README are the reliable source of identity, usage, and maintainer continuity. ### Adoption history The supplied package-manager data lists ApacheTop in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, and MacPorts. That distribution footprint is the strongest source-backed adoption signal: it has survived as a useful sysadmin utility across Unix-like packaging ecosystems. ### How it is used ApacheTop is used from a shell against Apache access logs, usually during live troubleshooting or quick traffic inspection. It appeals when a full metrics pipeline is unnecessary or unavailable. Because it works directly with logs and has no documented credentials file or required config file, it fits the classic single-purpose Unix tool model. ### Why package nerds care ApacheTop is the sort of package that persists because it does one operational task with minimal ceremony. It is interesting to package nerds as a compact C-era monitoring utility that still appears in mainstream OS repositories. ### Timeline - 2000s: ApacheTop circulates as a terminal log-monitoring utility for Apache access logs. - 2010s: The project remains available through Linux distributions and macOS package managers. - 2020s: The maintained GitHub repository continues to serve as the official source and documentation surface. ### Related projects - Apache HTTP Server produces the access logs ApacheTop monitors. - `top`, `tail -f`, `goaccess`, and log-analysis tools occupy nearby command-line monitoring territory. ### Sources - - - source_facts.description - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - apachetop - 0.23.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: apachetop from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Realtime Apache monitoring tool | https://github.com/tessus/apachetop - Ubuntu apt - apachetop - 0.23.2-2build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: apachetop from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Realtime Apache monitoring tool | https://github.com/tessus/apachetop - dnf - apachetop - 0.23.2-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: apachetop from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Top-like display of Apache logs | https://github.com/tessus/apachetop - MacPorts - apachetop: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/apachetop/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/apachetop.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/apachetop.yml) ## Sources - 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