# sgan81/apfs-fuse

FUSE driver for APFS (Apple File System)

Repository: https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/apfs-fuse
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: fuse-driver, apfs-fuse, mount, apple, encryption, driver, volume, apfs, filesystem, linux
Last push: 2024-08-13T19:36:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3246, "days_push": 750, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2137, forks 192 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:18.097184+00:00)

## What it is
A read-only FUSE driver that mounts Apple File System (APFS) volumes on Linux. It supports FileVault-encrypted volumes, fusion drives, snapshots, and DMG images.

## Use cases
- read apfs drive on linux
- mount mac disk on linux
- access filevault encrypted volume from linux
- mount apfs dmg image
- recover files from apple ssd on linux

## When to choose
- you need read-only access to APFS volumes or disk images from Linux
- you need to decrypt FileVault-encrypted APFS volumes with a recovery key

## When to avoid
- you need to write to APFS volumes
- you need firmlink support or full compression coverage
- you need a macOS-native solution

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, cli, cryptography
- domain: files, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cpp
- tags: apfs, fuse, apple-filesystem, read-only, filevault, fusion-drive, linux

## Member repositories
- sgan81/apfs-fuse (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.097184+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 2026-08-30T02:51:51.648115+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sgan81/apfs-fuse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.097184+00:00, sha ba6c4a44a7d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.