# nohajc/anylinuxfs

macOS: mount any linux-supported filesystem read/write using NFS and a microVM

Repository: https://github.com/nohajc/anylinuxfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anylinuxfs
Language: Rust
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: btrfs, disk, disk-management, encrypted-data, ext4, filesystem, linux, luks, lvm, macos, mount, virtualization, xfs, container, docker, exfat, ntfs, raid, bitlocker, zfs
Last push: 2026-08-24T20:13:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 93, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 537, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 44, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 44}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1503, forks 43 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.527752+00:00)

## What it is
A Rust CLI utility for macOS that mounts any Linux-supported filesystem (ext4, btrfs, xfs, ZFS, NTFS, exFAT, etc.) with full read-write access by running a libkrun microVM that shares the volume over NFS. It supports LUKS, BitLocker, LVM, and Linux RAID without kernel extensions or lowering system security.

## Use cases
- mount an ext4 drive on macOS read-write
- access a btrfs disk from a Mac
- open a LUKS-encrypted Linux drive on macOS
- read a BitLocker NTFS drive on a Mac
- mount ZFS volumes on Apple Silicon
- access Linux RAID or LVM disks from macOS
- mount Linux filesystems without disabling SIP or installing kexts

## When to choose
- you're on an Apple Silicon Mac and need full read-write access to Linux filesystems
- you need to open LUKS, BitLocker, LVM, or mdadm RAID volumes on macOS
- you can't or won't disable system security or install kernel extensions
- you need to work with raw or qcow2 disk images containing Linux filesystems

## When to avoid
- you're on an Intel Mac — only Apple Silicon is supported
- you need low-latency local-disk performance, since volumes appear as network drives
- you need to edit files directly with Microsoft Word on mounted drives
- you can't spare ~256-512 MB RAM per mounted volume

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, cli, security
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, files, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli, rust
- tags: nfs, microvm, libkrun, ext4, btrfs, zfs, luks, bitlocker, lvm, apple-silicon, disk-mounting, virtualization, macos

## Member repositories
- nohajc/anylinuxfs (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.527752+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:49.731974+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nohajc/anylinuxfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.527752+00:00, sha 474c5c0248ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.