Cista package manager

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.