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# nFPM
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nFPM is a simple, 0-dependencies, `deb`, `rpm`, `apk`, and Arch Linux packager.
## Why
While [fpm][] is great, for me, it is a bummer that it depends on `ruby`, `tar`
and other software.
I wanted something that could be used as a binary and/or as a library and that
was really simple.
So I decided to create nFPM: a **simpler**, **0-dependency**,
**as-little-assumptions-as-possible** alternative to fpm.
## nFPM is not FPM
This is a subtle way of saying it won't have all features, nor all
formats that `fpm` has: it is supposed to be simpler.
And that's OK!, most of us don't need all those features most of the time.
[fpm]: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
## How does it work?
You create a YAML file with the definition of what you need, run the `nfpm`
binary, and it takes care of everything.
The same config file can be used to create both the RPM and Deb packages.