# Install attempt-cli with Homebrew

CLI for retrying fallible commands. Version 1.1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:attempt-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install attempt-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:attempt-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Source summary:** CLI for retrying fallible commands
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/MaxBondABE/attempt>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/MaxBondABE/attempt>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- attempt (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.1
## Project history and usage

attempt is a small Rust command-line tool for retrying fallible commands with delays, retry policies, jitter, timeouts, and backoff strategies.

### Project history

The official README presents attempt as a focused CLI for retrying commands that may fail temporarily. The Cargo metadata names the crate attempt-cli, exposes the binary as `attempt`, uses the 2021 Rust edition, and describes the project as public-domain software under the Unlicense.

The public release history is short: GitHub releases show v1.0.1 and v1.1.0 in September 2025, followed by v1.1.1 in January 2026. That makes it a relatively young tool compared with the older Unix packages in this batch.

### Adoption history

The README documents installation through Cargo and Homebrew, placing attempt in the modern Rust CLI distribution pattern: publish a crate for Rust users and a Homebrew formula for macOS package-manager users.

Its adoption story is use-case-led rather than ecosystem-led. The manual explicitly compares one case to wait-for-it.sh: waiting for services in docker-compose-like environments when the user is not restricted to Bash. It also targets robust scripts that call temporarily unavailable services.

### How it is used

The basic invocation is `attempt [BACKOFF] [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]...`. Official examples retry database migrations when output contains `server not ready`, use exponential backoff, change attempt counts, add jitter, and separate attempt arguments from child-command arguments with `--`.

The manual explains the mental model: classify failures with retry policy, choose a backoff schedule, set a retry limit, and optionally use exponential backoff to start aggressively while backing off during persistent outages.

### Why package nerds care

attempt is package-nerd interesting because it turns a shell pattern into a dedicated binary. Instead of every script growing its own retry loop, timeout handling, jitter, and output predicate checks, the package offers a small auditable command.

It is also a tidy example of a Rust CLI whose package name and binary name differ: Homebrew packages attempt-cli, Cargo installs attempt-cli, but users run `attempt`.

### Timeline

- 2025-09: GitHub release v1.0.1 published.
- 2025-09: GitHub release v1.1.0 published.
- 2026-01: GitHub release v1.1.1 published.

### Related projects

- Related tools and patterns include wait-for-it.sh, retry loops in shell scripts, exponential-backoff libraries, timeout wrappers, and orchestration readiness checks in Docker Compose or CI scripts.

### Sources

- Official Cargo.toml.
- Official GitHub releases API.
- Official README.
- Official mdBook manual intro and usage pages.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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