# Install faircamp with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Static site generator for audio producers. Version 1.7.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:faircamp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install faircamp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add faircamp
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: faircamp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#faircamp
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faircamp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:faircamp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/faircamp>
- **Version:** 1.7.0
- **Source summary:** Static site generator for audio producers
- **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>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- faircamp (cli)
- faircamp (alias)

## Dependencies

- ffmpeg
- gettext
- glib
- opus
- vips
- xz

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf
- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.7.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## 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

- <https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp>
- <https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp/raw/branch/main/README.md>
- <https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp/raw/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://faircamp.org/docs/latest>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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

- Unix: <catalog-root>/catalog.eno, <release-directory>/release.eno, <track-directory>/track.eno, <artist-directory>/artist.eno
## 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:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - faircamp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faircamp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - faircamp - 1.7.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: faircamp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Static site generator for audio producers | https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/faircamp.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/faircamp.yml)


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- package version freshness
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
