# Install forego with Homebrew

Foreman in Go for Procfile-based application management. Version 20180216151118 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:forego
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install forego
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:forego
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 20180216151118
- **Source summary:** Foreman in Go for Procfile-based application management
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/ddollar/forego>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ddollar/forego>
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-02T16:35:32+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- forego (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 20180216151118
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/ddollar/forego>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddollar/forego/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./Procfile

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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