macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dump1090-falocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install dump1090-fa with Homebrew, Nix, zypper, apk, dnf
FlightAware ADS-B Ground Station System for SDRs. Version 11.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-14.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dump1090-fanixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/du/dump1090-fa/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install dump1090-faopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dump1090-fa · source: download.opensuse.org
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add dump1090Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dump1090 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install dump1090Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dump1090 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
FlightAware ADS-B Ground Station System for SDRs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dump1090
- view1090
history
Project history and usage
dump1090-fa is FlightAware's maintained ADS-B, Mode S, and Mode 3A/3C demodulator and decoder for software-defined radios and network-provided aircraft transponder data.
Project history
FlightAware's README describes dump1090-fa as the successor to dump1090-mutability, maintained by FlightAware. The repository was created in 2015, during the period when low-cost RTL-SDR receivers made aircraft transponder decoding accessible to hobbyists and flight-tracking contributors.
The package focuses on practical station operation: receiving messages from a directly connected SDR or a network stream, showing decoded aircraft in a terminal or browser map, and building as a Debian/Raspbian package while remaining buildable on other Unix-like systems.
Adoption history
dump1090-fa's adoption is tied to FlightAware's PiAware ecosystem. The README says it can be used together with PiAware to contribute crowd-sourced flight-tracking data to FlightAware, which made the package important to Raspberry Pi ADS-B feeder setups as well as SDR experimenters.
Outside FlightAware's own Debian/Raspbian packaging, distro and package-manager metadata show it in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, and openSUSE. Homebrew packages it as a command-line SDR utility with dump1090 and view1090 executables.
How it is used
Users run dump1090-fa with an SDR such as an RTL-SDR, or with network input, to decode aircraft transponder messages. It can display local aircraft data in a terminal, publish a browser map, feed PiAware, or provide decoded data to other ADS-B tooling.
Why package nerds care
dump1090-fa is a classic niche-but-beloved package: an SDR decoder whose value is obvious only if you know ADS-B, Mode S, and the feeder-network ecosystem. For package maintainers, it bundles radio hardware support, ncurses-style terminal tools, web display assets, and Debian-oriented service assumptions into a Unix package.
Timeline
- 2015: FlightAware creates the dump1090 repository.
- 2015: The project is maintained as FlightAware's successor to dump1090-mutability.
- 2026: Homebrew packages dump1090-fa stable 11.0 from the FlightAware repository.
Related projects
- Related projects include dump1090-mutability, PiAware, rtl-sdr, bladeRF, HackRF, LimeSDR, SoapySDR, FlightAware's ADS-B network, and other Mode S and ADS-B decoders.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dump1090-fa. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dump1090 | cli | global executable | |
view1090 | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version11.0
manager updated2026-05-14
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv11.0
https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dump1090-fa |
|---|---|
| Version | 11.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dump1090-fa |
| Homepage | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 |
| Repository | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090/archive/refs/tags/v11.0.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-05-14T21:06:44Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | libbladerf, librtlsdr, ncurses |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dump1090-fa |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
dump1090-fa
nix profile install nixpkgs#dump1090-fa- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dump1090 Fa
zypper95%
dump1090-fa 11.0-1.1
An ADS-B Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices (Flightaware fork)
https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
sudo zypper install dump1090-fa- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Category: Productivity/Hamradio/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dump1090-fa
- 6 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dump1090 Fa
apk92%
dump1090 11.0-r0
Simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices
https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
sudo apk add dump1090- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dump1090
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Dump1090
dnf92%
dump1090 0-18.20250802git0c3bb23.fc44
Simple Mode S decoder specifically designed for RTLSDR devices
https://github.com/antirez/dump1090
sudo dnf install dump1090- License: LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dump1090
- 4 dependencies
- 1 provides
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Dump1090
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment