# cdarlint/winutils

winutils.exe hadoop.dll and hdfs.dll binaries for hadoop windows

Repository: https://github.com/cdarlint/winutils
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cdarlint-winutils
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Topics: hadoop, winutils, binaries
Last push: 2024-05-16T01:44:13+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": 2798, "days_push": 840, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2287, forks 2331 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.698461+00:00)

## What it is
A repository of precompiled Windows binaries (winutils.exe, hadoop.dll, hdfs.dll) needed to run Hadoop natively on Windows. It continues the work of the older steveloughran/winutils project with updated builds for various Hadoop versions.

## Use cases
- fix 'no native library' error when running Hadoop on Windows
- set up Hadoop development environment on Windows
- run Spark or Hive locally on Windows requiring winutils
- download hadoop.dll and hdfs.dll for Windows
- resolve ACCESS_DENIED (access0) error with Hadoop on Windows

## When to choose
- you need to run Hadoop, Spark, or Hive on a Windows machine and hit native library errors
- you want prebuilt winutils binaries instead of compiling Hadoop native code yourself

## When to avoid
- you run Hadoop on Linux or macOS where winutils is unnecessary
- you need a production-grade, officially supported Hadoop Windows distribution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, build-tool
- domain: big-data, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: hadoop, winutils, binaries, hdfs, native-libraries

## Member repositories
- cdarlint/winutils (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.698461+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 2026-08-30T02:40:51.531579+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cdarlint/winutils (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.698461+00:00, sha 11dccc90c350)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.