# Install fstrm with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Frame Streams implementation in C. Version 0.6.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fstrm ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fstrm ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fstrm ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/fstrm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fstrm ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install fstrm-bin ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: fstrm-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install fstrm ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fstrm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fstrm ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fs/fstrm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S fstrm ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: fstrm from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fstrm ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fstrm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fstrm - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.6.1 - **Source summary:** Frame Streams implementation in C - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:30:41-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - fstrm_capture (cli) - fstrm_dump (cli) - fstrm_replay (cli) - fstrm_capture (alias) - fstrm_dump (alias) - fstrm_replay (alias) ## Dependencies - libevent ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.6.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage fstrm is Farsight Security's C implementation of the Frame Streams data transport protocol, with a library and small reference programs. ### Project history The repository was created in 2014. The README describes Frame Streams as a lightweight, binary-clean framing protocol for sequences of encoded payloads, usable over reliable byte streams and as a file format. The upstream ChangeLog records fstrm 0.1.0 as the initial release in February 2014, followed by 0.2.0 in November 2014 with API and protocol changes, Doxygen documentation, and the fstrm_capture utility. ### Adoption history fstrm was originally written to support high-speed binary logging in C DNS servers using the dnstap log format. The supplied package data shows broad packaging across Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE families. ### How it is used Developers include fstrm.h, compile with pkg-config --cflags libfstrm, and link with pkg-config --libs libfstrm. The library provides APIs for a dedicated Frame Streams I/O thread and asynchronous frame submission from worker threads. The package also ships fstrm_capture, fstrm_dump, and fstrm_replay. Later ChangeLog entries added TCP support, replay support, capture options, output rotation, and portability fixes. ### Why package nerds care fstrm is a package-nerd package because it is infrastructure glue: small, C, ABI-conscious, and important to DNS telemetry stacks even though end users rarely invoke it directly. Its pkg-config workflow and reference tools make it easy for distributions to package and for C projects to consume. ### Timeline - 2014: Public GitHub repository created. - 2014: fstrm 0.1.0 initial release. - 2014: fstrm 0.2.0 added Doxygen documentation and fstrm_capture. - 2016: fstrm 0.3.0 added OS X build support and output flush/rotation fixes. - 2017: fstrm 0.4.0 added fstrm_replay, TCP support, and manual pages for reference programs. ### Related projects - The README names dnstap as the logging format that motivated fstrm. - Frame Streams is designed to carry arbitrary encodings such as Protocol Buffers, XML, JSON, MessagePack, and YAML. ### Sources - - - - - ## 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 ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fstrm - **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 - Debian apt - fstrm-bin - 0.6.1-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fstrm-bin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library (utilities) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - Debian apt - libfstrm-dev - 0.6.1-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfstrm-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library (development files) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - Debian apt - libfstrm0 - 0.6.1-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libfstrm0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - Nix - fstrm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fs/fstrm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - fstrm-bin - 0.6.1-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fstrm-bin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library (utilities) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - Ubuntu apt - libfstrm-dev - 0.6.1-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfstrm-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library (development files) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - Ubuntu apt - libfstrm0 - 0.6.1-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfstrm0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Frame Streams (fstrm) library | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - apk - fstrm - 0.6.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Frame Streams implementation in C | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - apk - fstrm-dev - 0.6.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Frame Streams implementation in C (development files) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - apk - fstrm-doc - 0.6.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Frame Streams implementation in C (documentation) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - apk - fstrm-static - 0.6.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm-static from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Frame Streams implementation in C (static library) | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - apk - fstrm-utils - 0.6.1-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fstrm-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | fstrm utilities | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - dnf - fstrm - 0.6.1-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fstrm from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Frame Streams implementation in C | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - dnf - fstrm-devel - 0.6.1-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fstrm-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development Files for fstrm library | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - dnf - fstrm-doc - 0.6.1-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fstrm-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | API documentation for fstrm library | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm - dnf - fstrm-utils - 0.6.1-14.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fstrm-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Frame Streams (fstrm) utilities | https://github.com/farsightsec/fstrm ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [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. - [libevent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libevent/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dnsdist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dnsdist/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [knot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/knot/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [knot-resolver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/knot-resolver/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [expat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/expat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [libxo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [libxslt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxslt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [ncurses](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncurses/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [onigmo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/onigmo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c-library, cli, developer-tools, libraries. - [oniguruma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oniguruma/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: api, c-library, cli, developer, developer-tools. - [marisa](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marisa/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, data, developer, developer-tools, dump. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fstrm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fstrm.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