Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system

Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by vzaliva on Friday December 26, 2025 @08:08PM (#46398157)

Sounds like something I could use, but installing a binary via `curl` doesn't sit right with me. Next problem you have is "explain how this thing was installed on my system" followed "is it up to date (including security patches).

I hope they have deb package or snap some day.

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by fouc on Friday December 26, 2025 @08:32PM (#46398273)

new utility command coming soon! wdtci - "what does this curl install?"

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by fph on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:04AM (#46401574)

Depends on dtps - "does this program stop".

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by Msurrow on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:23PM (#46414664)

Depends on environment variable P=NP

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by klooney on Friday December 26, 2025 @09:16PM (#46398474)

`systemctl status $pid` will get you a lot

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by pranshuparmar on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:46AM (#46401130)

I understand that installing via `curl` isn’t for everyone, but since this is the first release, I intentionally kept it simple. Now that the tool is gaining some traction, I can definitely plan proper packages for future releases. Thanks for your inputs.

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by jamescun on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:12AM (#46401611)

Have a look at https://goreleaser.com/ , I've used it a bunch to automate releases of Go-based projects, locally and with GitHub Actions.

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by pranshuparmar on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:56AM (#46476018)

Thanks a lot for the input, I ended up using it.

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Re:Show HN: Witr – Explain why a process is running on your ... by pranshuparmar on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:59AM (#46476042)

Just to update, witr is currently available on brew and AUR. deb, rpm and apk packages are also available in the release, and can be run directly via nix without installation.

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