Integrates Homebrew formulae with macOS's launchctl manager.

By default, plists are installed to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ and run as the current user upon login. When brew services is run as the root user, plists are installed to /Library/LaunchDaemons/, and run as the root user on boot.

brew tap homebrew/services

$ brew install mysql
$ brew services start mysql

Run service. Don't start at login (nor boot):

$ brew services run mysql

Stop service mysql:

$ brew services stop mysql

Restart service mysql:

$ brew services restart mysql

$ brew install dnsmasq
$ sudo brew services start dnsmasq

$ brew services list

$ brew services run|start|stop|restart --all