# Install faketty with Homebrew, Nix Wrapper to exec a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output. Version 1.0.20 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:faketty ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install faketty ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#faketty ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faketty/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:faketty - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.20 - **Source summary:** Wrapper to exec a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 OR MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - faketty (cli) - faketty (alias) ## Build dependencies - 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: 1.0.20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dtolnay/faketty - Upstream latest detected: 1.0.20 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage faketty is a Rust command wrapper that runs another command inside a pseudoterminal even when stdout or stderr are redirected. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in September 2020. Its README frames the tool as similar to script(1), but with a key difference: faketty preserves distinct stdout and stderr streams instead of merging output through a single pty. ### Adoption history faketty is distributed through Cargo and packaged by Homebrew and Nix according to the input metadata. That makes it a small developer-tool package for build logs, CI scripts, and command wrappers that need terminal-style output without losing stream separation. ### How it is used The documented example wraps a build command such as bazel build while redirecting stdout and stderr to separate log files. This keeps programs that detect terminals from disabling colors, progress bars, or other tty-dependent behavior. ### Why package nerds care faketty is a concise packaging target because it solves one Unix tooling edge case cleanly: preserve terminal behavior for the child process while keeping stdout and stderr demultiplexed for logs. ### Timeline - 2020-09: The GitHub repository is created. - 2026-01: Version 1.0.20 is published on GitHub releases. ### Related projects - faketty is explicitly related to script(1) and Unix pseudoterminal tooling, but exists for the separate-stream logging case that script(1) does not cover. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** faketty - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - faketty: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/faketty/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [aha](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aha/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [amtterm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/amtterm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ansifilter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansifilter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [ccat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ccat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [clive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clive/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colordiff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colordiff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [colormake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colormake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [et](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/et/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal. - [rlwrap](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rlwrap/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, terminal, wrapper. - [termshot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/termshot/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, output, terminal. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/faketty.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/faketty.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph