# nfpm mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für nfpm in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:nfpm
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nfpm
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install nfpm
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/nfpm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add nfpm
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nfpm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nfpm
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install nfpm
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfpm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/nfpm
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nfpm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id goreleaser.nfpm -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: goreleaser.nfpm from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:nfpm
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.47.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Simple deb and rpm packager
- **Homepage:** <https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T19:43:15+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- nfpm (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.47.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

nFPM is a Go-based packaging tool from the GoReleaser ecosystem for producing native Linux packages such as deb, rpm, apk, ipk, Arch Linux packages, Termux debs, and MSIX packages. Its practical niche is release automation: take files and metadata from a build and emit distro-package artifacts without forcing every project to maintain native packaging trees.

### Projektgeschichte

Carlos Becker introduced nFPM in a February 23, 2018 post after working on GoReleaser and finding fpm awkward for that workflow because it depended on Ruby, tar behavior, and external packaging software. The name means "Not FPM"; the project was meant to be simpler, predictable, usable both as a library and as a binary, and implemented with minimal external dependencies.

The GitHub README repeats that origin story in package-nerd terms: fpm was useful, but its Ruby and system-tool dependencies were a pain, so nFPM became a simpler, zero-dependency, low-assumption alternative. The repository also credits fpm as the inspiration rather than pretending to be a wholly new packaging idea.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

nFPM's adoption is tied to GoReleaser rather than to a distro committee. Becker's original post said GoReleaser was about to remove fpm and default to nFPM, and GoReleaser's packaging documentation now exposes nFPM directly under its package/archive pipeline.

The project has grown beyond the original deb/rpm goal. GoReleaser's nFPM documentation lists apk, deb, rpm, Termux deb, Arch Linux, ipk, and MSIX as package formats, which shows how it became a general release-artifact generator for projects that ship binaries across Linux distributions and, later, Windows MSIX.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package nerds use nFPM either through GoReleaser's `nfpms` section or as the standalone `nfpm` CLI/Go library. The common flow is to describe package name, files, config files, scripts, dependencies, maintainer metadata, and target formats in YAML, then have CI produce distro-shaped packages next to checksums, archives, Homebrew taps, and container images.

Its value is highest for upstream application projects that want acceptable native packages without becoming Debian, RPM, Alpine, Arch, and OpenWrt packaging specialists. It does not replace distribution-maintained packaging policy; it makes upstream release artifacts boring enough for users to install with familiar package tools.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

nFPM matters because it sits in the gray zone between tarballs and real distro packages. It gives upstream projects a small, reproducible way to generate packages with maintainer scripts and dependency metadata, while avoiding the heavier machinery of distro-specific packaging repositories.

### Zeitleiste

- 2018-02-23: Carlos Becker published "Creating debs and rpms with Go" and described why nFPM was created.
- 2018: GoReleaser was moving away from fpm toward nFPM for its Linux package pipeline.
- 2026-06-23: GoReleaser's nFPM documentation listed Linux formats plus MSIX and Termux-specific packaging behavior.

### Related projects

- GoReleaser
- fpm
- Debian dpkg
- RPM
- Alpine apk
- Arch Linux pacman

### Quellen

- <https://carlosbecker.com/posts/nfpm/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nfpm>
- <https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm>
- <https://goreleaser.com/customization/package/nfpm/>
- <https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/docs/quick-start/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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: ./nfpm.yaml
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - nfpm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/nf/nfpm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - nfpm - 2.47.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nfpm from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | a simple apk, Deb and RPM packager without external dependencies | https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/
- apk - nfpm-doc - 2.47.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nfpm-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | a simple apk, Deb and RPM packager without external dependencies (documentation) | https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/
- zypper - nfpm - 2.47.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfpm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Simple deb, rpm, apk and arch linux packager written in Go | https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm
- zypper - nfpm-bash-completion - 2.47.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfpm-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for nfpm | https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm
- zypper - nfpm-fish-completion - 2.47.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfpm-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for nfpm | https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm
- zypper - nfpm-zsh-completion - 2.47.0-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nfpm-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for nfpm | https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm
- MacPorts - nfpm: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/nfpm/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/nfpm: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nfpm.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - goreleaser.nfpm: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: goreleaser.nfpm from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nfpm.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nfpm.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph