mhx/dwarfs
A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8.5
- age_days: 2111
- days_rel: 14
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 21
Adoption not part of the score
2593 stars · 89 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
DwarFS is a fast, high-compression read-only file system with built-in deduplication, available for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. It is typically used via command-line tools to create compressed images and mount them through FUSE or WinFsp.
Use cases
- compress a large directory into a read-only mountable image
- deduplicate redundant files while archiving data
- mount compressed archives as file systems on Linux or macOS
- create portable read-only snapshots of datasets
- reduce disk usage for astrophotography or media archives
- replace squashfs when higher compression is needed
When to choose
- you need very high compression ratios with fast random read access
- your data contains many duplicate files or blocks
- you need a read-only compressed file system across Linux, macOS, and Windows
When to avoid
- you need a writable file system
- you need to modify individual files inside the archive frequently
- you target platforms without FUSE or WinFsp support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
compression file-system cli files developer-tools windows bsd cross-platform cli fuse-filesystem read-only-filesystem deduplication squashfs-alternative archiving zstd lzma command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8c85e1b1affe
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mhx/dwarfs | main | 99 |
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