# Install countdown with Homebrew

Terminal countdown timer. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:countdown
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install countdown
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:countdown
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5.0
- **Source summary:** Terminal countdown timer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25T14:20:51-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- countdown (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5.0
## Project history and usage

Countdown is a small Go terminal countdown timer distributed as a command-line utility.

### Project history

The public repository was created in 2019 and describes a focused CLI for countdowns, target times, count-up mode, titles, pausing, and optional macOS speech announcements.

### Adoption history

The official install instructions name Homebrew, `go install`, and prebuilt GitHub release binaries, which is the typical distribution mix for a compact Go CLI.

### How it is used

Users invoke `countdown` with a Go-style duration or a target time, optionally chaining a shell command after completion.

### Why package nerds care

Its packaging is intentionally simple: one executable, no documented config file, and release artifacts suitable for Homebrew-style formula maintenance.

### Timeline

- 2019: Public GitHub repository created and 1.0.0 release published.
- 2023: 1.5.0 release published.

### Related projects

- fx
- walk
- howto

### Sources

- <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/antonmedv/countdown>
- <https://github.com/antonmedv/countdown/releases>


## 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/countdown.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/countdown.yml)


## Sources

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