| Port details on branch 2026Q1 |
- witr Witr (why-is-this-running)
- 0.2.2_2 sysutils
=0 0.2.2_2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: gaod@hychen.org
 - Port Added: 2026-01-25 01:39:09
- Last Update: 2026-02-05 17:57:56
- Commit Hash: b136e1b
- 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
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 
- 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
No package information for this port in our database- Sometimes this happens. Not all ports have packages. Perhaps there is a build error. Check the fallout link:

- 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:
|