macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install supervisorlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 2382
Install supervisor with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, pacman, zypper
Process Control System. Version 4.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install supervisor.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add supervisorAlpine Linux edge package indexes · supervisor · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install supervisorDebian stable package indexes · supervisor · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install supervisorFedora Rawhide package metadata · supervisor · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S supervisorArch Linux sync databases · supervisor · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install supervisoropenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · supervisor · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Process Control System
Project links
Commands and aliases
- echo_supervisord_conf
- pidproxy
- supervisorctl
- supervisord
history
Project history and usage
Supervisor is a Python client/server process-control system for Unix-like operating systems. It became a common package-manager install for developers and operators who wanted a simple way to run, restart, and inspect long-running services without writing per-service rc scripts.
Project history
Supervisor's own changelog traces public 1.0-era releases back to 2004, followed by 2.x releases in 2006 and a long 3.0 alpha/beta series beginning in 2007 before Supervisor 3.0 in 2013. The project later added Python 3 support in the 4.0.0 release in 2019 while retaining the familiar supervisord/supervisorctl model.
Adoption history
The official introduction says Supervisor has been around for years and is already used on many servers. The supplied package-manager facts show broad packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, apk, and openSUSE, which matches its role as a standard Unix service-management utility.
How it is used
Supervisor runs child processes under supervisord and exposes control through supervisorctl, XML-RPC, and an optional web interface. Its documented value is convenience, accurate process state, limited delegation, and process grouping, especially for services that do not daemonize or restart themselves cleanly.
Why package nerds care
Package nerds care about Supervisor because it is a classic glue package: small commands, a predictable INI config file, Unix socket/HTTP control surfaces, and deployment patterns that appear in development boxes, servers, containers, and legacy init setups. It is also a good example of Python infrastructure software that distributions have carried through major Python runtime transitions.
Timeline
- 2004: Supervisor 1.0.5 appears in the official changelog
- 2006: Supervisor 2.0 released after a fundamental rewrite
- 2013: Supervisor 3.0 released
- 2016: Supervisor 3.3.0 added /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf to upstream search paths
- 2019: Supervisor 4.0.0 added Python 3 support
- 2025: Supervisor 4.3.0 released
Related projects
- Supervisor overlaps culturally with init scripts, daemon supervisors, process managers, and service managers such as systemd, runit, daemontools-style tools, and container entrypoint supervisors.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
../etc/supervisord.conf../supervisord.conf$CWD/supervisord.conf$CWD/etc/supervisord.conf/etc/supervisord.conf/etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
echo_supervisord_conf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
pidproxy | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
supervisorctl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
supervisord | 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 version4.3.0
manager updated2026-07-04
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:supervisor |
|---|---|
| Version | 4.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://supervisord.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/Supervisor/supervisor |
| Last updated | 2026-07-04T13:13:44+09:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
supervisor 4.2.5-3
System for controlling process state
sudo apt install supervisor- Section: admin
- Architecture: all
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
Debian apt95%
supervisor-doc 4.2.5-3
Documentation for a supervisor
sudo apt install supervisor-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: supervisor
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
Ubuntu apt95%
supervisor 4.2.5-1
System for controlling process state
sudo apt install supervisor- Section: universe/admin
- Architecture: all
- 3 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
Ubuntu apt95%
supervisor-doc 4.2.5-1
Documentation for a supervisor
sudo apt install supervisor-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: supervisor
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
apk95%
supervisor 4.3.0-r1
system for controlling process state under UNIX
sudo apk add supervisor- License: BSD-4-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause-Clear
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: supervisor
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
apk95%
supervisor-openrc 4.3.0-r1
system for controlling process state under UNIX (OpenRC init scripts)
sudo apk add supervisor-openrc- License: BSD-4-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause-Clear
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: supervisor
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
apk95%
supervisor-pyc 4.3.0-r1
Precompiled Python bytecode for supervisor
sudo apk add supervisor-pyc- License: BSD-4-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause-Clear
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: supervisor
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
dnf95%
supervisor 4.3.0-2.fc45
A system for allowing the control of process state on UNIX
sudo dnf install supervisor- License: BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: supervisor
- 4 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
pacman95%
supervisor 4.3.0-3
A system for controlling process state under UNIX
sudo pacman -S supervisor- License: LicenseRef-custom
- Architecture: any
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
zypper95%
supervisor 4.3.0-1.3
A system for controlling process state under UNIX
sudo zypper install supervisor- License: SUSE-Repoze
- Category: Development/Languages/Python
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: supervisor
- 5 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Supervisor
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation