install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fpart

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install fpart

Debian stable package indexes · fpart · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install fpart

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fpart · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fpart

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fp/fpart/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Sorts file trees and packs them into bags

Project links

Commands and aliases

fpart
fpsync

history

Project history and usage

fpart is a filesystem partitioner: it crawls file trees, sorts files, and packs them into partitions. Its companion tool fpsync uses those partitions to parallelize file-migration work.

Project history

The official documentation says fpart was written by Ganael Laplanche, with Jean-Baptiste Denis credited for the original idea. The changelog records an initial 0.1 release on 2011-11-18, a 1.0.0 release on 2017-11-10, and a 1.7.0 release on 2025-01-25.

fpart is primarily developed on FreeBSD, carries embedded fts(3) code derived from FreeBSD for portability, and is tested across FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, OpenIndiana, NetBSD, and macOS.

Adoption history

The official site lists packages for FreeBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS/Fedora, NixOS, Homebrew, and Spack. That package availability matches fpart's niche: administrators want it ready from the system package manager when handling large file trees or migration jobs.

The project is hosted through Martymac.org, GitHub, and SourceForge, reflecting the long-running open-source utility pattern of keeping multiple source distribution surfaces alive.

How it is used

fpart generates partitions by file count, size, or number of partitions, can operate in live mode with hooks, and can consume arbitrary input such as du output.

fpsync builds on fpart to parallelize rsync, cpio, pax, or tar jobs, use SSH clusters for distributed migrations, start transfers while crawling continues, and resume or replay transfer runs.

Why package nerds care

fpart is package-nerd significant because it fills a pragmatic gap between find, du, rsync, tar, and shell scripting. It packages a specific sysadmin pattern: divide a huge tree into stable bags, then process those bags in parallel.

Its appeal is also dependency-minimal: the official docs describe fpsync as mostly shell plus common tools, making it a natural fit for ports trees and conservative system package collections.

Timeline

2011: 0.1 initial version released.
2014: Official GitHub repository was created.
2017: 1.0.0 released.
2024: 1.6.0 released.
2025: 1.7.0 released.

Related projects

fpsync is the closest related project and is distributed with fpart.
rsync, cpio, pax, tar, SSH, du, and FreeBSD fts(3) are related tools or code bases called out by the official documentation.

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:sync

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fpart`	cli	global executable
`fpsync`	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 updated2026-06-15

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedfpart-1.7.0

https://github.com/martymac/fpart

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fpart
Version	1.7.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fpart
Homepage	https://www.fpart.org/
Repository	https://github.com/martymac/fpart
Upstream docs	https://github.com/martymac/fpart#readme
License	BSD-2-Clause
Source archive	https://github.com/martymac/fpart/archive/refs/tags/fpart-1.7.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-15T10:20:16-04:00
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	autoconf, automake
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, 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	fpart
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

fpart 1.7.0-1

sort file trees and pack them into bags

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fpart/

sudo apt install fpart

Section: misc
Architecture: amd64
7 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpart

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fpart from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

fpart

nix profile install nixpkgs#fpart

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpart

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

Ubuntu apt95%

fpart 1.6.0-1

sort file trees and pack them into bags

http://sourceforge.net/projects/fpart/

sudo apt install fpart

Section: universe/misc
Architecture: amd64
6 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpart

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fpart from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

dnf95%

fpart 1.7.0-3.fc44

Helps you sort file trees and pack them into bags

https://fpart.org

sudo dnf install fpart

License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fpart
4 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpart

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fpart from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/fpart.yml

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

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