# Install uptimed with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Utility to track your highest uptimes. Version 0.4.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install uptimed.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:uptimed
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install uptimed
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install uptimed
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add uptimed
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uptimed from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install uptimed
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: uptimed from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install uptimed
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uptimed from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#uptimed
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S uptimed
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: uptimed from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:uptimed
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.7
- **Source summary:** Utility to track your highest uptimes
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- uprecords (alias)
- uptimed (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.4.7
## Project history and usage

Uptimed is a small Unix-style daemon and command-line companion for recording a machine's best uptimes. Its README describes the daemon as tracking distinct boot sessions by system boot time and shipping the `uprecords` console frontend for viewing records, including use on a web page.

### Project history

The project originated with Rob Kaper, and the current upstream README says Radek Podgorny took over maintainership starting with version 0.3.4. The same README notes that Uptimed was inspired by an earlier utility named `ud`, but chose a different design based on boot time rather than PID-file locking.

### Adoption history

Uptimed's ChangeLog shows a portability-focused maintenance history: Darwin support arrived in 0.3.6, GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU Hurd support appeared in 0.3.17, and later 0.4.x entries added Android, DragonFly, modern Solaris, macOS build updates, AIX, and Solaris SMF support. The batch input lists packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and other repositories, which matches its role as a small system-administration utility distributed through operating-system package managers.

### How it is used

In package-manager culture, Uptimed is installed as a daemon plus the `uprecords` command: the daemon records uptime sessions, while users query and sort the records from the terminal or publish them via the bundled CGI/web-facing support.

### Why package nerds care

Uptimed matters mostly as a classic Unix niche package: tiny surface area, long portability tail, daemon packaging, init/systemd integration, and a visible command-line output that system administrators can compare across machines.

### Timeline

- 2002: ChangeLog records 0.2.0 and 0.3.0-era releases.
- 0.3.4: Radek Podgorny became maintainer.
- 0.3.6: Darwin support was added.
- 0.3.17: GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU Hurd support were added.
- 0.4.x: Android, DragonFly, Solaris, macOS, AIX, and Solaris SMF work accumulated.

### Related projects

- The README names `ud` as an inspiration but distinguishes Uptimed's boot-time-based session tracking from that earlier utility.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed/blob/master/ChangeLog>
- <https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed/blob/master/README.md>
- input source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - uptimed - 1:0.4.6-3.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uptimed from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | daemon to track uptimes, especially the high ones | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- Nix - uptimed: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/up/uptimed/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - uptimed - 1:0.4.6-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uptimed from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | daemon to track uptimes, especially the high ones | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- apk - uptimed - 0.4.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uptimed from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System uptime record daemon | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- apk - uptimed-doc - 0.4.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uptimed-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System uptime record daemon (documentation) | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- apk - uptimed-openrc - 0.4.7-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uptimed-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | System uptime record daemon (OpenRC init scripts) | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- dnf - uptimed - 0.4.7-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uptimed from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A daemon to record and keep track of system up times | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed/
- dnf - uptimed-devel - 0.4.7-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uptimed-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development header and library for uptimed | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed/
- pacman - uptimed - 0.4.7-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: uptimed from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A system uptime record daemon | https://github.com/rpodgorny/uptimed
- MacPorts - uptimed: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/uptimed/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/uptimed.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/uptimed.yml)


## Sources

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