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Port details
elephant Powerful data provider service and backend for application launchers
1.0.7 sysutilsnew! on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout Package not present on quarterly.This port was created during this quarter. It will be in the next quarterly branch but not the current one.
Maintainer: tagattie@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-09-17 02:18:08
Last Update: 2025-09-21 05:19:00
Commit Hash: 56f44da
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant
Description:
Elephant - cuz it's phat - is a powerful data provider service and backend for building custom application launchers and desktop utilities. It provides various data sources and actions through a plugin-based architecture, communicating via Unix sockets and Protocol Buffers. Elephant acts as a unified backend service that aggregates data from various sources (desktop applications, files, clipboard history, etc.) and provides a consistent interface for frontend applications like custom launchers, productivity tools, or desktop widgets.
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/elephant
  2. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/calc.so
  3. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/clipboard.so
  4. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/desktopapplications.so
  5. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/files.so
  6. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/menus.so
  7. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/providerlist.so
  8. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/runner.so
  9. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/symbols.so
  10. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/todo.so
  11. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/unicode.so
  12. etc/xdg/elephant/providers/websearch.so
  13. /usr/local/share/licenses/elephant-1.0.7/catalog.mk
  14. /usr/local/share/licenses/elephant-1.0.7/LICENSE
  15. /usr/local/share/licenses/elephant-1.0.7/GPLv3
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • elephant>0:sysutils/elephant
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/elephant/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/elephant
  • pkg install elephant
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: elephant
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
NOT_FOR_ARCHS: i386
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1758430671 SHA256 (go/sysutils_elephant/elephant-v1.0.7/v1.0.7.mod) = 272874130a90b2beac5b65820bf759b9a1f2b29dbd9d4347aaf0410dfddf5a76 SIZE (go/sysutils_elephant/elephant-v1.0.7/v1.0.7.mod) = 965

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SHA256 (go/sysutils_elephant/elephant-v1.0.7/v1.0.7.zip) = b9346b9beb810f14cb1f45b9897cdbf71d704b7733d52b33bc478ee40632d05a SIZE (go/sysutils_elephant/elephant-v1.0.7/v1.0.7.zip) = 7127758

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Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
elephant
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest-1.0.4------
FreeBSD:13:quarterly--------
FreeBSD:14:latest-1.0.4------
FreeBSD:14:quarterly--------
FreeBSD:15:latest-1.0.4n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest--n/a-n/a---
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. go125 : lang/go125
Runtime dependencies:
  1. qalc : math/libqalculate
  2. wl-copy : x11/wl-clipboard
  3. wl-copy : x11/wl-clipboard
  4. fd : sysutils/fd
  5. wl-copy : x11/wl-clipboard
  6. notify-send : devel/libnotify
  7. wl-copy : x11/wl-clipboard
Fetch dependencies:
  1. go125 : lang/go125
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. x11/walker
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for elephant-1.0.7: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ====> Enabled providers CALC=on: Perform calculation and unit-conversions CLIPBOARD=on: Store clipboard history DESKTOPAPPLICATIONS=on: Run installed desktop applications FILES=on: Find files/folders MENUS=on: Create custom menus PROVIDERLIST=on: Lists all providers and configured menus RUNNER=on: Execute everything installed in your PATH SYMBOLS=on: Search for emojis and symbols TODO=on: Basic Todolist UNICODE=on: Search for unicode symbols WEBSEARCH=on: Search web with custom defined search engines ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
sysutils_elephant
USES:
go:1.25,modules zip
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/abenz1267/elephant/@v/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.0.7
21 Sep 2025 05:19:00
commit hash: 56f44da02d2d1aac899dd7c3d787426c9eff1654commit hash: 56f44da02d2d1aac899dd7c3d787426c9eff1654commit hash: 56f44da02d2d1aac899dd7c3d787426c9eff1654commit hash: 56f44da02d2d1aac899dd7c3d787426c9eff1654 files touched by this commit		 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) search for other commits by this committer 
sysutils/elephant: update to 1.0.7

Changelog:
- https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant/releases/tag/v1.0.5
- https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant/releases/tag/v1.0.6
- https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant/releases/tag/v1.0.7

Reported by:	GitHub (watch releases)
1.0.4
17 Sep 2025 02:14:53
commit hash: 69c6b53b77126e6cac417511f43971452663c41ecommit hash: 69c6b53b77126e6cac417511f43971452663c41ecommit hash: 69c6b53b77126e6cac417511f43971452663c41ecommit hash: 69c6b53b77126e6cac417511f43971452663c41e files touched by this commit		 Hiroki Tagato (tagattie) search for other commits by this committer 
sysutils/elephant: add port: Powerful data provider service and backend for
application launchers

Elephant - cuz it's phat - is a powerful data provider service and
backend for building custom application launchers and desktop
utilities. It provides various data sources and actions through a
plugin-based architecture, communicating via Unix sockets and Protocol
Buffers.

Elephant acts as a unified backend service that aggregates data from
various sources (desktop applications, files, clipboard history, etc.)
and provides a consistent interface for frontend applications like
custom launchers, productivity tools, or desktop widgets.

WWW: https://github.com/abenz1267/elephant

Number of commits found: 2
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