# Install sleepwatcher with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Monitors sleep, wakeup, and idleness of a Mac. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sleepwatcher.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sleepwatcher
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sleepwatcher
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sleepwatcher
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sleepwatcher/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#sleepwatcher
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sleepwatcher
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2.1
- **Source summary:** Monitors sleep, wakeup, and idleness of a Mac
- **Homepage:** <https://www.bernhard-baehr.de/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sleepwatcher (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.1

## Security Notes

formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - sleepwatcher: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sl/sleepwatcher/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - sleepwatcher: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/sleepwatcher/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph