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KISS build tool for automatically building modern Fortran projects. Version 3.8.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-09.
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Package summary
KISS build tool for automatically building modern Fortran projects
Project links
Commands and aliases
- FoBiS.py
- fobis
history
Project history and usage
FoBiS, the Fortran Building System, is a Python-based build and project tool for modern Fortran. Its official README describes automatic dependency-resolving builds with no makefiles or boilerplate, plus package-management, testing, coverage, scaffolding, and documentation features.
Project history
FoBiS grew around the recurring Fortran problem of manually tracking module, include, and source compilation order. The official documentation presents `fobis build` as a zero-configuration path for simple projects and the `fobos` file as an INI-style replacement for makefiles in complex projects.
Adoption history
The project is published through Homebrew in the supplied package metadata and through the upstream Python/PyPI-oriented naming shown in the official README badge. The README also lists a set of Fortran projects using FoBiS, including ADAM, BeFoR64, FACE, FiNeR, FLAP, PENF, StringiFor, VecFor, and VTKFortran.
How it is used
FoBiS users typically run `fobis build` for convention-based builds or define modes in a `fobos` file for named compiler configurations. The tool also supports fetching GitHub dependencies, lock files, test discovery, coverage, doctests, build caching, introspection, scaffolding, and local-LLM commit-message generation.
Why package nerds care
FoBiS matters to package and build-tool enthusiasts because it packages Fortran's module-ordering problem as a CLI workflow, while also treating dependencies, build profiles, lock files, and reusable project scaffolding as first-class features. It is a Fortran-specific counterpart to the automation that other language ecosystems expect from their package tools.
Timeline
- Current: Official README brands FoBiS as the Fortran Building System.
- Current: Official docs describe `fobos` as the FoBiS makefile and document dependency fetching with `fobos.lock`.
- Current: Supplied package metadata lists Homebrew packaging.
Related projects
- FoBiS is related to modern Fortran projects listed in its README, including ADAM, BeFoR64, FACE, FiNeR, FLAP, FUNDAL, FOSSIL, MORTIF, MOTIOn, PENF, StringiFor, VecFor, and VTKFortran. It also integrates with GitHub-hosted dependencies, gcovr or lcov coverage tools, Ollama, and OpenAI-compatible local LLM servers.
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security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:build tool
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.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./fobos~/.config/fobis/config.ini
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
FoBiS.py | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
fobis | 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 version3.8.22
manager updated2026-07-09
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:fobis |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.8.22 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/szaghi/FoBiS |
| Last updated | 2026-07-09T08:37:53Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation