# Install dump1090-fa with Homebrew, Nix, zypper, apk, dnf FlightAware ADS-B Ground Station System for SDRs. Version 11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#dump1090-fa. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dump1090-fa ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dump1090-fa ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dump1090-fa ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dump1090-fa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dump1090-fa ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dump1090-fa from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dump1090 ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dump1090 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dump1090 ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dump1090 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dump1090-fa - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 11.1 - **Source summary:** FlightAware ADS-B Ground Station System for SDRs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T20:45:10Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - dump1090 (alias) - view1090 (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 11.1 ## Project history and usage dump1090-fa is FlightAware's maintained ADS-B, Mode S, and Mode 3A/3C demodulator and decoder for software-defined radios and network-provided aircraft transponder data. ### Project history FlightAware's README describes dump1090-fa as the successor to dump1090-mutability, maintained by FlightAware. The repository was created in 2015, during the period when low-cost RTL-SDR receivers made aircraft transponder decoding accessible to hobbyists and flight-tracking contributors. The package focuses on practical station operation: receiving messages from a directly connected SDR or a network stream, showing decoded aircraft in a terminal or browser map, and building as a Debian/Raspbian package while remaining buildable on other Unix-like systems. ### Adoption history dump1090-fa's adoption is tied to FlightAware's PiAware ecosystem. The README says it can be used together with PiAware to contribute crowd-sourced flight-tracking data to FlightAware, which made the package important to Raspberry Pi ADS-B feeder setups as well as SDR experimenters. Outside FlightAware's own Debian/Raspbian packaging, distro and package-manager metadata show it in Homebrew, Alpine, Fedora, Nix, and openSUSE. Homebrew packages it as a command-line SDR utility with dump1090 and view1090 executables. ### How it is used Users run dump1090-fa with an SDR such as an RTL-SDR, or with network input, to decode aircraft transponder messages. It can display local aircraft data in a terminal, publish a browser map, feed PiAware, or provide decoded data to other ADS-B tooling. ### Why package nerds care dump1090-fa is a classic niche-but-beloved package: an SDR decoder whose value is obvious only if you know ADS-B, Mode S, and the feeder-network ecosystem. For package maintainers, it bundles radio hardware support, ncurses-style terminal tools, web display assets, and Debian-oriented service assumptions into a Unix package. ### Timeline - 2015: FlightAware creates the dump1090 repository. - 2015: The project is maintained as FlightAware's successor to dump1090-mutability. - 2026: Homebrew packages dump1090-fa stable 11.0 from the FlightAware repository. ### Related projects - Related projects include dump1090-mutability, PiAware, rtl-sdr, bladeRF, HackRF, LimeSDR, SoapySDR, FlightAware's ADS-B network, and other Mode S and ADS-B decoders. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dump1090-fa. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - dump1090-fa: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dump1090-fa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - dump1090-fa - 11.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dump1090-fa from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | An ADS-B Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices (Flightaware fork) | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 - apk - dump1090 - 11.1-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dump1090 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple Mode S decoder for RTLSDR devices | https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 - dnf - dump1090 - 0-19.20250802git0c3bb23.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dump1090 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Simple Mode S decoder specifically designed for RTLSDR devices | https://github.com/antirez/dump1090 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dump1090-fa.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dump1090-fa.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph