net-im/faro: New port - a terminal-based Signal client Sponsored by: SkunkWerks, GmbH4f1c035e23
Port details
net-im/faro 0.1.7
Terminal client for Signal, built for people who live in tmux
Port info
- Maintainer
- dch@skunkwerks.at
- Packages
- latest: 0.1.7
- Upstream
- Higher version available: 1.6.0 portscout
- Last update
- to 0.1.7 · 4f1c035e23
- Quarterly
- not in the 2026Q4 packages
- WWW
- https://getfaro.dev
- CPE
- not set in the port, and none could be determined, and that does not mean none exists
- Links
- cgit · VuXML · Report wrong data
Install
- Package
# pkg install faroinstalls 0.1.7 fromlatest- Port
# cd /usr/ports/net-im/faro && make install clean# make -C /usr/ports/net-im/faro config # change options first
- Size
- 6.1 MiB download · 20 MiB installed
- License
- AGPLv3
- Options
- 1 of 1 on in the package: DOCS
- pkg-message
Shown after installing
faro is a linked device, like Signal Desktop: your phone stays your primary device. Quick start: faro demo try it first with a fake account (nothing is sent) faro link scan the QR code in Signal > Settings > Linked devices faro run it Your messages and keys live in ~/.local/share/faro/, and the config file is ~/.config/faro/config.toml (written on first run). Press F1 inside faro for every key, or search them in the command palette (Ctrl+P). To quit, press Ctrl+Q.
Packages by version and architecture
latest
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 16 | ✗ | ✗ | – |
| FreeBSD 15 | 0.1.7 | ✗ | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | 0.1.7 | ✗ | ✗ |
quarterly (2026Q4)
| FreeBSD version | amd64 | aarch64 | i386 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD 15 | ✗ | ✗ | – |
| FreeBSD 14 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
version as in the ports tree (latest) or the most common one (quarterly) · different version · ✗ not built · – no packages for this platform. Package sets that have not been rebuilt for 60 days are left out.
Dependencies
Depends on 0
Nothing.
Run and library dependencies of the package on latest. Build dependencies are not in the package index.
Required by 0
No package on latest depends on it.
Packages on latest that depend on it directly.
Unaddressed and VuXML only (0)
No unaddressed CVE and nothing reported by
pkg audit for the packaged version 0.1.7.Fixed (0)
No VuXML entries for this package.
Problem reports (0) · open in Bugzilla, most recently changed first
None.