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Install memcache-top with Homebrew
Grab real-time stats from memcache. Version 0.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Grab real-time stats from memcache
Project links
Commands and aliases
- memcache-top
history
Project history and usage
memcache-top is a Perl command-line monitor for memcached statistics, built to show a top-like, periodically refreshing view of one or more memcached instances.
Project history
The archived Google Code project says the author wanted a simple, portable, lightweight command-line tool for real-time memcache or memcached stats and could not find a comparable tool at the time. The implementation intentionally avoided requiring memcached-specific Perl modules and degraded optional behavior when noncritical Perl modules were absent.
The public Google Code downloads show a fast early release sequence in April 2009, from v0.3 through v0.6. Google Code later became an archive, leaving the project as a small historical utility rather than an actively developed upstream.
Adoption history
The project attracted enough package interest to remain available as a Homebrew formula. Its Google Code archive records 172 stars and labels around memcached, Perl, stats, CLI, and monitoring, which fits its role as a small operations tool rather than a standalone service.
How it is used
Users pass memcached instances and options such as port, sleep interval, color, lifetime stats, byte counters, command counters, cumulative display, and thresholds. The output summarizes usage, hit percentage, connections, response time, evictions, reads, writes, and optional gets/sets across instances.
Why package nerds care
memcache-top is the kind of package that persists because operators like single-purpose terminal tools. It predates many modern dashboards and gives package collections a tiny dependency-light way to inspect memcached fleets from a shell.
Timeline
- 2009-04-22: v0.3 uploaded to Google Code downloads.
- 2009-04-28: v0.6 uploaded as the featured Google Code download.
- 2016: Google Code archive storage preserves the project source archive.
Related projects
- memcache-top is built around memcached's stats protocol and belongs with other terminal monitoring tools that mimic the interaction model of `top` for specific daemons.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
memcache-top | 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 version0.6
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:memcache-top |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://code.google.com/archive/p/memcache-top/ |
| 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