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Install maclaunch with Homebrew
Manage your macOS startup items. Version 2.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Manage your macOS startup items
Project links
Commands and aliases
- maclaunch
history
Project history and usage
maclaunch is a shell-based macOS CLI for listing, enabling, and disabling startup items. The README positions it as a way to inspect persistent launch mechanisms and control them with native macOS tools.
Project history
The official repository was created in January 2017. Its scope is intentionally narrow: enumerate startup mechanisms such as LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, kernel extensions, system extensions, hooks, emond scripts, and cron scripts, then toggle them without rewriting their files.
Adoption history
The README documents Homebrew installation and manual copying of the shell script. Repository metadata captured during this run showed a few hundred GitHub stars, consistent with a niche but useful macOS administration utility.
How it is used
Typical commands are `maclaunch list`, `maclaunch list enabled`, `maclaunch list system`, `maclaunch enable <filter>`, and `maclaunch disable <filter>`. The README also documents `ML_SYSTEM` for showing or hiding likely-uninteresting system startup items.
Why package nerds care
maclaunch matters to package and system tinkerers because launchd agents and daemons are a common side effect of installing Mac software. A small CLI that filters and toggles them gives Homebrew-era Mac users a scriptable way to audit what starts automatically.
Timeline
- 2017: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2023: Repository activity continued through commits pushed to the default branch.
Related projects
- The tool is related to `launchctl`, `kextutil`, `systemextensionsctl`, and other macOS startup-management surfaces that it wraps or inspects.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
maclaunch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.5
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:maclaunch |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/hazcod/maclaunch |
| Repository | https://github.com/hazcod/maclaunch |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation