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Foreman in Go for Procfile-based application management. Version 20180216151118 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.
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Package summary
Foreman in Go for Procfile-based application management
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Commands and aliases
- forego
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Project history and usage
forego is a small Go implementation of Foreman-style Procfile process management. Its README describes it simply as 'Foreman in Go' and demonstrates starting multiple named processes from a Procfile.
Project history
The official README is deliberately sparse: it identifies David Dollar's Foreman as the model, points to downloadable builds, and shows source installation with Go. The repository tag list contains a 0.x release series ending at v0.16.1.
Adoption history
forego fits the Heroku/Procfile development pattern: packages install one executable, projects carry a Procfile, and developers use a local supervisor to run web and worker processes with prefixed output.
How it is used
A project writes process entries such as 'web: bin/web start -p $PORT' and 'worker: bin/worker queue=FOO' in Procfile, then runs forego start. The README directs users to forego help and per-command help for details.
Why package nerds care
forego is significant as a tiny, compiled alternative to Ruby Foreman for Procfile-based app development. For package managers it is a low-dependency Go binary that preserves a well-known developer workflow.
Timeline
- 2015: README license line credits David Dollar and Apache 2.0.
- v0.16.1: official Git tags show the latest listed 0.x tag.
Related projects
- The README explicitly relates forego to ddollar/foreman and to the Procfile convention used by multi-process web applications.
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security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
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- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
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- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./Procfile
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
forego | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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page generated2026-08-03
manager version20180216151118
manager updated2026-08-02
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:forego |
|---|---|
| Version | 20180216151118 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ddollar/forego |
| Repository | https://github.com/ddollar/forego |
| Last updated | 2026-08-02T16:35:32+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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