macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fakettylocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install faketty with Homebrew, Nix
Wrapper to exec a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output. Version 1.0.20 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#faketty.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fakettynixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fa/faketty/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Wrapper to exec a command in a pty, even if redirecting the output
Project links
Commands and aliases
- faketty
history
Project history and usage
faketty is a Rust command wrapper that runs another command inside a pseudoterminal even when stdout or stderr are redirected.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in September 2020. Its README frames the tool as similar to script(1), but with a key difference: faketty preserves distinct stdout and stderr streams instead of merging output through a single pty.
Adoption history
faketty is distributed through Cargo and packaged by Homebrew and Nix according to the input metadata. That makes it a small developer-tool package for build logs, CI scripts, and command wrappers that need terminal-style output without losing stream separation.
How it is used
The documented example wraps a build command such as bazel build while redirecting stdout and stderr to separate log files. This keeps programs that detect terminals from disabling colors, progress bars, or other tty-dependent behavior.
Why package nerds care
faketty is a concise packaging target because it solves one Unix tooling edge case cleanly: preserve terminal behavior for the child process while keeping stdout and stderr demultiplexed for logs.
Timeline
- 2020-09: The GitHub repository is created.
- 2026-01: Version 1.0.20 is published on GitHub releases.
Related projects
- faketty is explicitly related to script(1) and Unix pseudoterminal tooling, but exists for the separate-stream logging case that script(1) does not cover.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
faketty | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version1.0.20
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:faketty |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.20 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/dtolnay/faketty |
| Repository | https://github.com/dtolnay/faketty |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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%
faketty
nix profile install nixpkgs#faketty- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Faketty
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation