Get FRED

Version

The current public release of FRED is v2026.1 (2026-02-19). Read the release notes .

Install binaries

Binaries can be installed through the two most wide-spread package managers: apt and yum.

• system requirements  (supported hardware and operating systems),

• installation procedure for Debian   

• APT preferences file (pin list for the current version).

Download source code

Source code of the FRED is divided into several subprojects, which are published on GitLab – see subprojects & repositories overview .

For the purpose of installation, we recommend to download the tarballs using a list of sources below to make sure that the versions of the subprojects are compatible.

See also the Installation chapter in documentation.

Lists of sources

• Release v2026.1 (current pin list)

• Release v2024.1 (pin list)

• Release 2.49.0  

• Release 2.48.0

• Release 2.47.0

• Release 2.46.0

• Release 2.45.0

• Release 2.44.0 

• Release 2.43.0

• Release 2.42.0

• Release 2.41.0

• Release 2.40.0

• Release 2.39.2

• Release 2.38.3

• Release 2.36.1 (oldest available)

EPP clients

fred-eppic

New interactive console client fred-eppic (python >= 3.8) based on standalone library fred-epplib for EPP communication.

• Installation options:

  • Python version: "pip install --index-url https://pypi.nic.cz/cznic/public fred-eppic" or "apt install fred-eppic"

• Example configuration:

  • Preconfigured config file for public EPP test server fred-eppic-regtest.conf.

  • Client looks for the config in "/etc/eppic/eppic.conf" or you can specify the path using "eppic --config=fred-eppic-regtest.conf"

EPP Client in JAVA

Open source EPP client for Java language developed by ACTIVE 24