Faircamp

Download Faircamp 1.7

Available for Windows, macOS, Linux

Windows

Download and run the Windows Installer (64-bit)

macOS

With Homebrew, run this one line to install faircamp: 

brew install faircamp

Linux

AUR – Arch Linux, Manjaro

Install the faircamp AUR package

DEB – Debian 12 - 13, elementary OS 8, Linux Mint 22, Ubuntu 23.04 - 26.04

Install the debian 12 package (amd64)

DEB – Debian 11, elementary OS 7, Linux Mint 21, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - 22.10

Install the debian 11 package (amd64)

RPM – CentOS, Fedora 38 - 44, openSUSE, RHEL

Install directly using the .rpm package: faircamp (x86_64)
For openSUSE specifically, there is also a faircamp package provided by Edgar Aichinger.

Nix/NixOS

Install the faircamp package

Other distros

Faircamp can easily be built from source.

FreeBSD

See copy/paste instructions in Building from source

Other platforms

See general build instructions in Building from source

2.0 Beta builds (testing only)

Heads up: These are not meant for regular usage, download one of the above options for everyday usage instead!

Preliminary documentation for 2.0
Preliminary release notes for 2.0

¹ Notes regarding unblocking the macOS .app release

IMPORTANT – MacOS will claim the .app is "damaged" and "should be deleted" when you try to run it right away. This is not true. To remove Apple's intentional, misinforming blocking mechanism and run the app, simply follow the steps below:

Steps to unblock the application

  1. Open the Terminal application
  2. Type (or paste) xattr -cr  and leave a blank/space after -cr
  3. Drag and drop the Faircamp.app file onto the terminal window - this will paste its path
  4. The input should now be something like xattr -cr /Applications/Faircamp.app - note that the /Applications part can be different, this just reflects where the application is located on your computer
  5. Press Enter to confirm and unblock the .app, then close the Terminal - you can now use the application
Why is this necessary? Is this safe? Click here if you want more info.

The reason you're seeing the "this file is damaged" message is that I'm not paying 100$ a year to Apple to have my software officially "endorsed" by Apple. In order to pressure developers into paying these fees, Apple intentionally mislabels all software from developers that didn't pay for the official Apple approval stamp as "damaged", which is factually wrong.

What they could be doing instead (but intentionally choose not to), is to inform you of the (indeed real) danger that a downloaded app can be malicious, and should only be opened if you are reasonably confident it comes from a trustable source. In that sense, if there is any doubt in your mind about the trustworthyness of this software, I warmly invite you to look around further on my website to get an understanding who I am and what I do. You can also read my social media posts to get a more complete image of the person whose software you are about to trust, and to read what others have written about it (and I trust you will find it quite favorable). Thank you for taking the time to read this!

For repeatedly unblocking this (or other) .app bundles, you can (for instance) use fluffy's Dequarantine Quick Action