diff --git a/extra/ifaddrs/authors.txt b/extra/ifaddrs/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/extra/ifaddrs/ifaddrs.factor b/extra/ifaddrs/ifaddrs.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2016 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+USING: accessors alien.c-types alien.data alien.destructors
+alien.syntax classes.struct destructors libc sequences sets
+sorting ;
+IN: ifaddrs
+
+STRUCT: sockaddr
+    { sa_len uint8_t }
+    { sa_family uint8_t }
+    { sa_data char[14] } ;
+
+STRUCT: ifaddrs
+    { ifa_next ifaddrs* }
+    { ifa_name c-string }
+    { ifa_flags uint }
+    { ifa_addr sockaddr* }
+    { ifa_netmask sockaddr* }
+    { ifa_dstaddr sockaddr* }
+    { ifa_data void* } ;
+
+FUNCTION: int getifaddrs ( ifaddrs** ifap )
+
+FUNCTION: void freeifaddrs ( ifaddrs* ifp )
+
+DESTRUCTOR: freeifaddrs
+
+: interface-names ( -- ifaddrs )
+    [
+        { void* } [ getifaddrs io-error ] with-out-parameters
+        &freeifaddrs ifaddrs deref
+        [ ifa_next>> ] follow
+        [ ifa_name>> ] map members natural-sort
+    ] with-destructors ;
diff --git a/extra/ifaddrs/platforms.txt b/extra/ifaddrs/platforms.txt
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+unix