# Install fb-client with Homebrew, pacman

Shell-script client for. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-03.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fb-client
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fb-client
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S fb-client
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: fb-client from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fb-client
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fb-client>
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Source summary:** Shell-script client for
- **Homepage:** <https://paste.xinu.at>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Bluewind/fb>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/Bluewind/fb/blob/master/fb.1>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://paste.xinu.at/data/client/fb-2.4.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-03T19:01:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- fb (cli)
- fb (alias)

## Dependencies

- curl
- openssl@3
- python@3.14

## 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: 2.4.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-03
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://paste.xinu.at
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- generalized runtime or code generation 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fb-client/config

## Credential files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fb-client/apikey
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fb-client
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** spotbugs
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- pacman - fb-client - 2.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: fb-client from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Client for paste.xinu.at | https://github.com/Bluewind/fb


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- [curl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/curl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [synergy-core](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/synergy-core/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, client, openssl, openssl-3, productivity.
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph