Command-line tool

foreman

brew/foreman

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Manage Procfile-based applications

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install foreman

Linux

brew install foreman

Start an application with the Procfile in the current directory

foreman start

Start an application with a specified Procfile

foreman start -f Procfile

Start a specific application

foreman start process

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