Packages with Cista

Cista is the Faber package manager. It handles package resolution, dependency management, and the public package store.

Overview#

Cista manages Faber packages defined by faber.toml manifests. Each package declares its name, entry point, target backend, and dependencies.

Package manifest#

faber.toml

[nomen]
speculum-gen

[ingressus]
main.fab

[scopulus]
rust

[genus]
bin

The [nomen] field is the package name, [ingressus] is the entry point module, [scopulus] selects the codegen target, and [genus] declares the package kind (bin for executables, lib for libraries).

Dependencies#

Packages declare dependencies that Cista resolves from the package store. Dependency resolution produces a lock file that ensures reproducible builds.

Status#

Cista is under active development. The public package registry (cista.dev) is a separate campaign from the site implementation. Local package resolution works for packages within the same workspace.