# Install hapless with Homebrew

Run and manage background processes. Version 0.15.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:hapless
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install hapless
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:hapless
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.15.1
- **Source summary:** Run and manage background processes
- **Homepage:** <https://bmwant.link/hapless-easily-run-and-manage-background-processes/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bmwant/hapless>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T10:46:08Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- hap (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.15.1
## Project history and usage

hapless is a small Python CLI for launching and tracking background processes. It wraps the common shell need to detach long-running jobs, keep logs, and check status later.

### Project history

The author introduced hapless in a 2022-11-13 post as a Python project for running and tracking background processes more conveniently than raw shell job-control patterns. The README defines the tool as the simplest way of running and tracking processes in the background.

### Adoption history

The official README documents installation with uv, pipx, pip, and Homebrew. That is a narrow but useful adoption surface for Python-oriented command-line users who want a lightweight process runner rather than a full supervisor.

### How it is used

The main command pattern is `hap run -- <command>`, followed by `hap`, `hap status`, `hap logs`, `hap pause`, `hap resume`, `hap signal`, and `hap clean` for monitoring and lifecycle actions. The blog post emphasizes detached execution, output redirection, generated IDs, custom names, and later log inspection.

### Why package nerds care

hapless occupies the gap between ad hoc `nohup`/shell job control and full process managers such as Supervisor. It is package-manager-interesting mostly because it gives a short, memorable executable, `hap`, to a common local-automation task without requiring a service manager.

### Timeline

- 2022-11-13: Author blog post introduces hapless as a recently developed Python project.
- 2020s: Official README documents uv, pipx, pip, and Homebrew installation paths.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly points users to Rich for console UI ideas and Supervisor as the full-fledged process-manager alternative.

### Sources

- <https://bmwant.link/hapless-easily-run-and-manage-background-processes>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hapless>
- <https://github.com/bmwant/hapless>


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


## Sources

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