# dokan-dev/dokany

User mode file system library for windows with FUSE Wrapper

Repository: https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokany
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dokany
Homepage: http://dokan-dev.github.io
Language: C
License Family: other
Topics: dokan, dokan-library, driver, kernel-mode, c, fuse, dll, sys, filesystem, filesystem-library, drivers, windows, userland, device-driver, fuse-wrapper, createfile
Last push: 2026-05-06T20:10:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 26, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4284, "days_push": 119, "days_rel": 339, "gap_med": 125.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5916, forks 704 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.213506+00:00)

## What it is
Dokany is a user-mode file system library for Windows, similar to FUSE on Linux, letting developers create file systems without writing kernel-mode drivers. It includes a FUSE wrapper so existing FUSE implementations can run on Windows with minimal changes.

## Use cases
- mount remote or cloud storage as a local Windows drive
- create a virtual file system on Windows without writing a kernel driver
- port an existing Linux FUSE filesystem to Windows
- expose arbitrary data as files to Windows applications
- implement custom access control for a Windows filesystem

## When to choose
- you need a custom or virtual filesystem on Windows
- you want to reuse FUSE code on Windows
- you want to avoid risky kernel-mode driver development

## When to avoid
- you need a filesystem on Linux or macOS natively
- you need maximum filesystem performance close to NTFS
- you need a permissively licensed solution without checking LGPL/MIT terms

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, cpp, c
- tags: fuse, userland-filesystem, kernel-driver, virtual-filesystem, fuse-wrapper

## Member repositories
- dokan-dev/dokany (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.213506+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 2026-08-29T17:51:15.299563+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dokan-dev/dokany (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.213506+00:00, sha 9f4be340ebe8)
  - homepage: http://dokan-dev.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:35.460776+00:00, sha cae92c07887f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.