Installation

fb is a single static binary with no runtime dependencies. Pick whichever install path fits.

go install

go install github.com/tamnd/facebook-cli/cmd/fb@latest

This puts fb in $(go env GOPATH)/bin. Make sure that is on your PATH.

Prebuilt binary

Download an archive for your OS and architecture from the releases page, unpack it, and move fb somewhere on your PATH. Each release ships archives for Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD on amd64 and arm64, plus .deb, .rpm, and .apk packages, checksums, SBOMs, and a cosign signature.

Package managers

Homebrew (once the tap is published):

brew install tamnd/tap/fb

Scoop on Windows:

scoop bucket add tamnd https://github.com/tamnd/scoop-bucket
scoop install fb

Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora/RHEL: download the .deb or .rpm from the releases page and install it with dpkg -i or rpm -i.

Docker

docker run --rm ghcr.io/tamnd/fb page nasa

Mount a volume to keep the cache and any datasets between runs:

docker run --rm -v ~/data/fb:/data ghcr.io/tamnd/fb \
  page nasa --posts --limit 50 -o jsonl

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/tamnd/facebook-cli
cd facebook-cli
make build      # produces ./bin/fb

Verify

fb version
fb id nasa

fb id works with no network and no login, so it is the quickest way to confirm the binary runs.