# Install fava with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix Web interface for the double-entry bookkeeping software Beancount. Version 1.30.14 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-17. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fava. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fava ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fava ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fava ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: python/fava/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fava ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fava from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fava ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fava/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fava - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.30.14 - **Source summary:** Web interface for the double-entry bookkeeping software Beancount - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-17T21:36:00Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - fava (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.30.14 ## Project history and usage Fava is the web interface for Beancount, the plain-text double-entry accounting system. It turns a Beancount ledger into a local browser application for reports, charts, journals, editing, import workflows, documents, query results, and account navigation. ### Project history The Fava changelog records the first commit on December 4, 2015, and says early versions could not be installed using only `pip`. Version 0.2.3, released in February 2016, marked the point where `pip install` worked with all requirements included. Fava reached version 1.0 in October 2016 with a major UI and architecture refresh: improved layout and fonts, better small-screen behavior, asynchronous page loading, and configuration moved into custom entries in the Beancount file rather than a separate Fava config file. After 1.0, Fava evolved from a reporting UI into a broader personal-finance workbench. Releases added document uploads, transaction entry, translations, a Beancount import interface, entry editing, richer filtering, charts, query visualization, extension points, editor improvements, and frontend-rendered report pages. Recent releases show Fava tracking both Python/web frontend changes and Beancount compatibility. Version 1.25 moved the editor to a tree-sitter grammar and introduced a Flask application factory; version 1.30 added Beancount 3 support and upgraded the frontend to Svelte 5. ### Adoption history Fava's adoption is tied to Beancount's plain-text accounting community: it became the default graphical companion for users who keep the ledger as text but want searchable, charted, browser-based views. The official README points users to an online demo, the website, `pip3 install fava`, and the `fava ledger.beancount` workflow. Packaging followed the same practical path as other Python CLI apps. In this batch input Fava appears in Alpine, Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix package metadata, which matches its role as a local developer-style tool rather than a hosted SaaS service. ### How it is used The common usage path is deliberately small: install Fava, run `fava ledger.beancount`, and open the local web interface at `http://localhost:5000`. Users already familiar with Beancount can use Fava as a viewer and editor over their existing ledger file. Fava stores project options in the Beancount file via custom entries, so Homebrew-style installation does not imply a global Fava configuration file. That design matters for package metadata: the executable is packaged, but the user's accounting state and Fava options live with the ledger. ### Why package nerds care Fava is a good example of a package-manager friendly personal web app: a CLI command launches a local Flask/Svelte interface over plain text data, without asking the package manager to install a daemon, database, or desktop application. It also matters because it gives Beancount users a maintained alternative to command-line-only reporting and older web views, while preserving the text-ledger workflow that makes Beancount attractive to developers and accountants who want version-controlled finances. ### Timeline - 2015: First Fava commit recorded on December 4. - 2016: Version 0.2.3 makes `pip install` work with requirements included. - 2016: Version 1.0 ships a major UI refresh and moves configuration into Beancount entries. - 2017: Version 1.4 adds an interface for Beancount's import system. - 2018: Version 1.8 ends separate GUI releases because of maintenance burden. - 2023: Version 1.25 adopts tree-sitter for editor parsing and a Flask application factory. - 2024: Version 1.30 adds Beancount 3 support and upgrades the frontend to Svelte 5. ### Related projects - Beancount is Fava's underlying accounting system and data format. - The changelog references older Beancount web/reporting expectations such as missing Holdings views compared with `bean-web`, and later Beancount-adjacent tools such as beanquery and beangulp. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fava. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - fava: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fava/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - fava - 1.28-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fava from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Web interface for Beancount | https://beancount.github.io/fava/ - apk - fava-pyc - 1.28-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fava-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for fava | https://beancount.github.io/fava/ - MacPorts - fava: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: python/fava/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fava.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fava.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