Command-line tool

shepherd

brew/shepherd

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Service manager that looks after the herd of system services

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install shepherd

Linux

brew install shepherd

Halt the system

halt

Power off the system (same as `poweroff`)

halt -p

Reboot the system (same as `reboot`)

halt --reboot

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