# Install fb-client with Homebrew, pacman

Shell-script client for. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with pacman: sudo pacman -S fb-client.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fb-client
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fb-client
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S fb-client
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: fb-client from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fb-client
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.4.0
- **Source summary:** Shell-script client for
- **Homepage:** <https://paste.xinu.at>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fb (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.4.0
## Project history and usage

fb-client is the command-line client for paste.xinu.at, packaged as the `fb` executable and documented by the upstream `fb.1` manual page.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository for Bluewind/fb was created in 2016 and hosts the shell-script client and its manual page. Its purpose is narrow: upload text or files to paste.xinu.at from a terminal.

### Adoption history

The input package metadata shows fb-client is distributed through Homebrew and Arch/pacman, which fits its role as a small Unix-style upload utility.

### How it is used

Package users normally install the `fb` executable and configure optional defaults and API credentials under `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fb-client` as documented in the upstream manpage.

### Why package nerds care

fb-client is notable as a tiny, package-manager-friendly pastebin/upload client: it exposes one terminal command, uses XDG-style configuration, and integrates naturally into shell pipelines.

### Timeline

- 2016: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2026: Repository metadata shows continued maintenance activity.

### Related projects

- paste.xinu.at is the hosted service targeted by the client.

### Sources

- Official GitHub repository metadata for Bluewind/fb.
- Official fb.1 manual page.
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## 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


## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fb-client/config

## Credential files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fb-client/apikey
## Other Package-Manager Records

- pacman - fb-client - 2.4.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: fb-client from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Client for paste.xinu.at | https://github.com/Bluewind/fb


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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