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Install webify with Homebrew
Wrapper for shell commands as web services. Version 1.5.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Wrapper for shell commands as web services
Project links
Commands and aliases
- webify
history
Project history and usage
webify is a deliberately tiny command-line CGI-style server that exposes one local command or script as an HTTP service. Its public history is short, but the repository and README clearly document the package's purpose and operating model.
Project history
The `beefsack/webify` repository was created on August 25, 2020, and published a burst of ten GitHub releases from v1.0.0 through v1.5.0 during August 2020. The project is MIT-licensed and describes itself as a way to turn shell commands into web services.
The README's design goal is zero configuration: webify forwards every request to a single script, writes the request body to standard input, returns standard output as the HTTP response body, and maps a non-zero process exit to HTTP 500.
Adoption history
The project appears to have remained a compact utility rather than a large ecosystem. By July 2026 the GitHub API showed under one thousand stars and a few dozen forks, enough to indicate developer interest but not enough public record for a deep adoption narrative.
How it is used
The canonical example is wrapping `wc -c` so an HTTP POST body is counted by a shell command. That pattern generalizes to small internal services, demos, glue scripts, and throwaway automation where a process-oriented interface is simpler than writing a web framework handler.
Why package nerds care
webify is interesting as a minimal Unix-to-HTTP adapter: it treats stdin, stdout, and exit status as the application protocol. For package collectors, it is a neat example of the small-tools tradition applied to local web services.
Timeline
- 2020-08-25: Public GitHub repository `beefsack/webify` created.
- 2020-08-25: v1.0.0 and early 1.x releases published.
- 2020-08-29: v1.5.0 published as the latest listed GitHub release.
Related projects
- webify is conceptually related to CGI, inetd-style command dispatch, shell scripts behind reverse proxies, and lightweight webhook command runners.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:shell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
webify | 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 version1.5.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:webify |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.5.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/beefsack/webify |
| Repository | https://github.com/beefsack/webify |
| 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
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation