# Install fblog with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Small command-line JSON log viewer. Version 4.17.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fblog.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fblog
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fblog
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install fblog
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/fblog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fblog
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fblog
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.17.0
- **Source summary:** Small command-line JSON log viewer
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/brocode/fblog>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/brocode/fblog>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fblog (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.17.0
## Project history and usage

fblog is a Rust command-line JSON log viewer for reading structured logs in a terminal.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in 2017. The upstream README presents fblog as a small command-line JSON log viewer and documents both Cargo and Homebrew installation paths.

### Adoption history

The input package metadata shows fblog is packaged by Homebrew and Nix, while the upstream README also supports installation through Cargo.

### How it is used

Package users install the `fblog` executable and can optionally add a TOML configuration file to control display behavior.

### Why package nerds care

fblog is a compact example of the Rust CLI tooling pattern: single binary, structured-data focus, Cargo installability, and downstream packaging in Homebrew and Nix.

### Timeline

- 2017: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2025: Latest GitHub release metadata lists v4.17.0.
- 2026: Repository metadata shows recent maintenance activity.

### Related projects

- Rust and Cargo are the upstream language/runtime and installation ecosystem referenced by the README.

### Sources

- Official GitHub release metadata.
- Official GitHub repository metadata for brocode/fblog.
- Official README.
- input.source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- 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

- Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fblog.toml, ~/.config/fblog.toml
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/fblog.toml
- Windows: %APPDATA%\fblog.toml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - fblog: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fb/fblog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - fblog: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/fblog/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/fblog.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fblog.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