NFPM(1)

💖 NAME — NFPM(1) 💖

okay so nfpm is your girl for packaging apps on RPM, Deb, APK, Arch Linux, ipk, and MSIX formats based on a YAML configuration file. That’s the whole assignment, bestie. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

nfpm [options...] [argument...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

nFPM is a simple and 0-dependencies apk, arch, deb, ipk, msix, and rpm packager written in Go. Literally a tiny packager with main-character energy — no extra dependency drama. 💅

🌈 COMMANDS 🌈

• completion — Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell. ✨
  • COMMANDS
    • bash — Generate the autocompletion script for bash.
      • OPTIONS
        • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions.
    • fish — Generate the autocompletion script for fish.
      • OPTIONS
        • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions.
    • powershell — Generate the autocompletion script for powershell.
      • OPTIONS
        • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions.
    • zsh — Generate the autocompletion script for zsh.
      • OPTIONS
        • --no-descriptions — disable completion descriptions.
• help [command] — Help about any command. 🫶
• init — Creates a sample nfpm.yaml configuration file.
  • OPTIONS
    • -f, --config — path to the to-be-created config file.
• jsonschema — Outputs nFPM's JSON schema.
  • OPTIONS
    • -o, --output — where to save the json schema.
• package — Creates a package based on the given config file and flags. 📦
  • OPTIONS
    • -f, --config — config file to be used.
    • -p, --packager — which packager implementation to use [apk|archlinux|deb|ipk|msix|rpm|srpm].
    • -t, --target — where to save the generated package (filename, folder or empty for current folder).

k that’s the whole page, love u 💖 — source/version: nfpm, dated 2026-10-24. 🫶✨