nfpm/README.md

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  <h3 align="center">NFPM</h3>
  <p align="center">NFPM is Not FPM - a simple deb, rpm and apk packager written in Go.</p>
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## Why

While [fpm][] is great, for me, it is a bummer that it depends on `ruby`, `tar`
and other softwares.

I wanted something that could be used as a binary and/or as a library and that
was really simple.

So I created NFPM: a simpler, 0-dependency, as-little-assumptions-as-possible alternative to fpm.

## Usage

Check the documentation at https://nfpm.goreleaser.com

## Special thanks 🙏

Thanks to the [fpm][] authors for fpm, which inspires nfpm a lot.

## Donate

Donations are very much appreciated! You can donate/sponsor on the main
[goreleaser opencollective](https://opencollective.com/goreleaser)! It's
easy and will surely help the developers at least buy some ☕️ or 🍺!

## Stargazers over time

[![goreleaser/nfpm stargazers over time](https://starcharts.herokuapp.com/goreleaser/nfpm.svg)](https://starcharts.herokuapp.com/goreleaser/nfpm)

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Would you like to fix something in the documentation? Feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm/issues).

[goreleaser]: https://goreleaser.com/#linux_packages.nfpm
[fpm]: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm