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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 faro
installs 0.1.7 from latest
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 versionamd64aarch64i386
FreeBSD 16✗✗–
FreeBSD 150.1.7✗–
FreeBSD 140.1.7✗✗

quarterly (2026Q4)

FreeBSD versionamd64aarch64i386
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.

Commits (1)

Dave Cottlehuber (dch) · 0.1.7
net-im/faro: New port - a terminal-based Signal client

Sponsored by:	SkunkWerks, GmbH
4f1c035e23