install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install fpm

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install fpm

MacPorts ports tree · devel/fpm/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fpm

nixpkgs package indexes · fpm · source: raw.githubusercontent.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/fpm

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/fpm.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id FortranLang.fpm -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FortranLang.fpm · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Package manager and build system for Fortran

Project links

Commands and aliases

fpm

history

Project history and usage

Fortran Package Manager, usually called fpm, is the Fortran-lang community's package manager and build system for modern Fortran projects. Its official README says the tool aims to improve Fortran programmer experience by making projects easier to build, test, run, and distribute as dependencies.

Project history

fpm was developed inside the Fortran-lang organization as a Cargo-inspired tool for Fortran. The official README explicitly says its user interface is modeled after Rust's Cargo and that its long-term vision is to nurture a modern Fortran applications and libraries ecosystem.

The release history shows a rapid alpha sequence in 2020 and 2021, followed by continuing feature releases through the 2020s. The documentation now includes a manifest reference, registry workflows, dependency forms, metapackages, compile_commands.json output, and API documentation.

Adoption history

Official install documentation and the README describe binary downloads for Windows, macOS, and Linux, availability through conda-forge, and a Homebrew tap. The README also points users to the fpm registry for existing packages, showing the project moving beyond a build wrapper into a package ecosystem.

How it is used

A new package starts with fpm new, which creates a project containing fpm.toml and source directories. Common commands include fpm build, fpm run, fpm test, and fpm install, while the manifest file declares package metadata, targets, dependencies, build options, and registry dependencies.

Why package nerds care

fpm matters to package nerds because it gives Fortran a first-party, language-community package and build workflow in the style of Cargo. It standardizes the fpm.toml manifest, dependency declarations, project layouts, test/example targets, registry use, and cross-platform binary distribution for a language that historically relied on ad hoc Makefiles and compiler-specific build recipes.

Timeline

2020: Early v0.1 alpha releases appeared on GitHub.
2021: v0.5.0 was published and a rolling current release tag was introduced.
2022: v0.6.0 and v0.7.0 continued the alpha-era package manager and build-system work.
2023: v0.8.x and v0.9.0 releases expanded the tool before the later 0.10 series.
2025: v0.12.0 was published; current docs describe registry dependencies and manifest features including shared/static library target types.
2026: v0.13.0 was published.

Related projects

The README relates fpm to Rust Cargo as a UI model, to the fpm-registry as the package source, to fortran-lang/homebrew-fortran for Homebrew installation, and explicitly distinguishes it from Jordan Sissel's unrelated fpm packaging tool.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

generalized runtime or code generation signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

generalized runtime or code generation signal
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:build system
text:package manager

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime 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: fpm.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`fpm`	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 version0.13.0

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpmnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:fpm
Version	0.13.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fpm
Homepage	https://fpm.fortran-lang.org
Repository	https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm
Upstream docs	https://fpm.fortran-lang.org/
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/releases/download/v0.13.0/fpm-0.13.0.F90
Dependencies	gcc
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	fpm
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.

Nix95%

fpm

nix profile install nixpkgs#fpm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpm

nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: fpm from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

MacPorts95%

fpm

sudo port install fpm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpm

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/fpm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

extras/fpm

scoop install extras/fpm

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpm

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fpm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

FortranLang.fpm

winget install --id FortranLang.fpm -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Fpm

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: FortranLang.fpm from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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/fpm.yml

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

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