| Port details |
- witr Witr (why-is-this-running)
- 0.2.2_3 sysutils
 =1      0.2.2_3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: gaod@hychen.org
- Port Added: 2026-01-09 15:30:06
- Last Update: 2026-03-06 03:33:23
- Commit Hash: a8d318d
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- License: APACHE20
- WWW:
- https://github.com/pranshuparmar/witr
- Description:
- witr (why-is-this-running) is a diagnostic tool that explains the causal
chain of how and why a process came to exist on your system.
It answers questions like:
- Why is this running?
- How did it start?
- What is keeping it running?
- What context does it belong to?
witr supports querying by process name, PID, or port number, and provides
detailed information about process ancestry, service detection (systemd on
Linux, rc.d on FreeBSD), container detection (jails, docker), Git repository
context, and resource usage warnings.
Features:
- Zero configuration required
- Read-only and non-destructive
- Multiple output formats (standard, short, tree, JSON)
- FreeBSD native tools support (ps, procstat, sockstat, fstat)
- Works without procfs mounted
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- Manual pages:
-
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
- no SUBR information found for this port
- Dependency lines:
-
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/sysutils/witr/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install sysutils/witr
- pkg install witr
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: witr
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1767969842
SHA256 (pranshuparmar-witr-v0.2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = cf67ed8a12649d7921dcb4da6c4765f79577eac1f84405db14f802ecbce719b1
SIZE (pranshuparmar-witr-v0.2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 310018
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
-
- go125 : lang/go125
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- No options to configure
- Options name:
- sysutils_witr
- USES:
- go:1.25+,modules
- FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
- Master Sites:
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| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
|---|
0.2.2_3
06 Mar 2026 03:33:23
 |
Adam Weinberger (adamw) |
various: Bump ports for Go 1.25.8 |
0.2.2_2
05 Feb 2026 16:48:00
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Adam Weinberger (adamw) |
various: Bump Go ports for 1.25.7 |
0.2.2_1
16 Jan 2026 17:27:39
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Adam Weinberger (adamw) |
various: Bump Go ports for 1.25.6 |
0.2.2
09 Jan 2026 15:28:57
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Michael Osipov (michaelo)
Author: Hung-Yi Chen |
[NEW PORT] sysutils/witr: Witr (why-is-this-running)
Co-authored-by: Michael Osipov <michaelo@FreeBSD.org>
PR: 292143 |
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