install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install runitor

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#runitor

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ru/runitor/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Command runner with healthchecks.io integration

Project links

Commands and aliases

runitor

history

Project history and usage

runitor executes a command, captures its result, and reports success or failure to healthchecks.io. It can also serve as a lightweight interval or cron-expression scheduler.

Project history

Runitor was created as a small Go command runner integrating periodic jobs with healthchecks.io or a compatible private instance.

It grew beyond a simple wrapper to support interval and cron-expression scheduling, automatic check creation, output attachment, API retry controls, configurable outcome handling, signed binaries, and multi-platform container images.

Adoption history

Runitor is distributed through signed release binaries, Go installation, container images, Homebrew, and Nix. This makes it usable both on conventional hosts and in one-process-per-container deployments.

How it is used

Invoke `runitor -- command` with a check UUID, or use a project ping key and check slug. Checks may be identified through flags or environment variables such as `CHECK_UUID`, `PING_KEY`, and `CHECK_SLUG`; values can be read from an arbitrary file by adding the `file:` prefix. The `-every` and `-at` options run commands periodically, while output-capture controls help prevent sensitive backup details from being attached to pings.

Why package nerds care

Runitor packages the common cron-plus-curl health-check pattern into a dedicated executable with exit-code handling, output capture, retries, scheduling, and secret indirection. It is attractive in minimal containers where adding a full cron daemon or shell monitoring wrapper would be excessive.

Timeline

The project began as a Go wrapper for reporting command results to healthchecks.io.
Later development added scheduling, richer ping behavior, retries, signed releases, and container distribution.

Related projects

healthchecks.io supplies the dead-man's-switch monitoring service to which runitor reports. Cron and systemd timers are alternative schedulers; runitor can also provide basic scheduling when those services are unavailable.

Sources

Input package availability: source_facts.package-manager
Official releases: https://github.com/bdd/runitor/releases
Official repository and README: https://github.com/bdd/runitor

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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
`runitor`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-09-19

manager version1.4.1

manager updated2026-09-12

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.4.1

https://github.com/bdd/runitor

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:runitor
Version	1.4.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/runitor
Homepage	https://github.com/bdd/runitor
Repository	https://github.com/bdd/runitor
License	0BSD
Source archive	https://github.com/bdd/runitor/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-12T11:32:20Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	runitor
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

runitor

nix profile install nixpkgs#runitor

normalized package name match
Matched by: Runitor

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ru/runitor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/runitor.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install runitor with Homebrew, Nix