watch
brew install watchExecutes a program periodically, showing output fullscreen
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/watch.json
Formula code: watch.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 4.0.7 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| ncurses | 6.6 | Text-based UI library |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Conflicts with: visionmedia-watch
Binaries:
watch
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 45,810 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 3,221,920 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 4,857 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 9.4× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:51:55Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 4,846 | 20,049 | 86,420 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 11 | 48 | 182 |
| Installs on Request | 4,840 | 20,024 | 86,242 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 11 | 48 | 182 |
| Build Errors | 0 |