macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install faircamplocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install faircamp with Homebrew, apk, Nix
Static site generator for audio producers. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add faircampAlpine Linux edge package indexes · faircamp · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#faircampnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fa/faircamp/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Static site generator for audio producers
Project links
Commands and aliases
- faircamp
history
Project history and usage
Faircamp is a static site generator for musicians, labels, and audio producers. It turns a folder hierarchy of audio files and small `.eno` manifest files into a complete music website that can be hosted without a database or server-side application.
Project history
The public changelog shows Faircamp developing quickly through 0.x releases in 2023 and 2024, reaching 1.0 on December 26, 2024. Its README frames the project around a simple publishing promise: point the tool at an audio catalog and get a complete website with downloads, playback, metadata, and hosting portability.
After 1.0, the project continued adding music-site features rather than becoming a generic static-site generator. Release notes in 2025 describe track directories, release and track manifests, feeds, embedded players, browse/search behavior, translations, link and timecode support, and custom site assets and metadata.
Faircamp's development has also been institutionally backed. The README states that Faircamp 1.0 through 1.4 was financed and supported by the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme through NGI0 Entrust and NLnet, while major 2.0 work in 2026 is funded by netidee.
Adoption history
Faircamp's adoption story is tied to independent music publishing rather than general web development. The official site and README point to community resources and a showcase of sites using Faircamp, and the changelog shows contributions from translators, bug reporters, and audio-site users across 2025.
Package-manager availability remains modest but visible: the supplied facts list Homebrew, Alpine, and Nix. That fits the tool's audience: artists or labels can install one CLI, keep catalog metadata next to audio files, and publish static output to ordinary web hosting.
How it is used
A normal Faircamp project is a catalog directory containing audio and optional manifests such as `catalog.eno`, `artist.eno`, `release.eno`, and `track.eno`. The manual describes these manifests as the way a site is tweaked, configured, extended, and themed.
The generated output is intentionally static. That makes Faircamp attractive where creators want Bandcamp-like presentation, playable releases, downloads, feeds, and embeds without maintaining a dynamic web application or giving up control of hosting.
Why package nerds care
Faircamp is package-nerd-relevant because it packages a whole independent-music publishing workflow into one CLI. It is a modern example of a domain-specific static generator: not a framework, not a CMS, just a reproducible command over files on disk.
Its manifest-based design also makes it friendly to version control and package-managed installs. The interesting part for maintainers is keeping the binary, docs, examples, generated assets, and audio-format support in sync across desktop platforms while the upstream project moves quickly.
Timeline
- 2023: Early 0.x releases appear in the official changelog.
- 2024-12-26: Faircamp 1.0 released.
- 2025-02-11: Faircamp 1.2 introduced track directories and new release/track options.
- 2025-04-10: Faircamp 1.3 added Podcast RSS and Atom feeds plus player and timecode-linking features.
- 2025-04-22: Faircamp 1.4 added custom assets and metadata.
- 2025-11-16: Faircamp 1.7 released.
- 2026: Major Faircamp 2.0 work funded by netidee.
Related projects
- Bandcamp, static-site generators, Eno manifests, audio catalog publishing tools
Sources
security posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:audio
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
<catalog-root>/catalog.eno<release-directory>/release.eno<track-directory>/track.eno<artist-directory>/artist.eno
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
faircamp | 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 version1.7.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircampnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:faircamp |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/faircamp |
| Homepage | https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp |
| Repository | https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp |
| Upstream docs | https://faircamp.org/docs/latest |
| License | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp/archive/1.7.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | ffmpeg, gettext, glib, opus, vips, xz |
| Build dependencies | pkgconf, rust |
| 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 | faircamp |
| 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%
faircamp
nix profile install nixpkgs#faircamp- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Faircamp
apk95%
faircamp 1.7.0-r2
Static site generator for audio producers
https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/
sudo apk add faircamp- License: AGPL-3.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: faircamp
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Faircamp
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 configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment