attempt-cli ☆

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Description:
CLI for retrying fallible commands

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.1.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: cli reliability automation devops shell

Install: brew install attempt-cli

About:
attempt-cli is a command-line utility designed to automatically retry commands that may fail due to transient errors. It provides a robust wrapper around shell commands, allowing developers to specify retry limits, delays, and backoff strategies. This tool significantly improves the reliability of CI/CD pipelines and local development scripts by handling temporary network issues or resource contention gracefully.

Key Features:

Configurable retry limits and delays
Exponential backoff support
Simple shell command wrapper syntax
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Automating flaky network operations in CI/CD pipelines
Wrapping database migrations that may fail under load
Improving reliability of local development environment setup scripts

Alternatives:

retry – attempt-cli offers a more modern codebase with explicit backoff strategies
while-loops in shell scripts – attempt-cli provides a cleaner, more maintainable syntax with better error reporting

License: Unlicense

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 17, 2025 12:20pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	eecfed30