Homebrew

Services Commands

Manage background services with Homebrew. Learn to start, stop, and auto-start services installed via Homebrew.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'brew services list' to see all services and their status (started, stopped, error).

$ brew services list

List all managed services.

$ brew services start <service>

Start a service.

$ brew services stop <service>

Stop a service.

$ brew services restart <service>

Restart a service.

$ brew services run <service>

Run service without registering.

$ brew services info <service>

Show service status details.

$ brew services stop --all

Stop all managed services.

$ brew services restart --all

Restart all managed services.