# zargony/fuse-rs

Rust library for filesystems in userspace (FUSE)

Repository: https://github.com/zargony/fuse-rs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fuse-rs
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, fuse, filesystem
Last push: 2023-05-23T09:19:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4712, "days_push": 1198, "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 1141, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.520486+00:00)

## What it is
fuse-rs is a Rust library crate for implementing FUSE filesystems in userspace. It is a rewrite of the original libfuse C library, letting developers build filesystems entirely in Rust with native type safety.

## Use cases
- implement a custom filesystem in Rust
- mount a virtual filesystem backed by an API or database
- create a network filesystem in userspace
- build an encrypted or read-only filesystem
- expose archive files as a mountable filesystem

## When to choose
- you want to write a FUSE filesystem in idiomatic Rust rather than C
- you need type-safe abstractions over the FUSE protocol
- you target Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD

## When to avoid
- you need a mature, actively maintained FUSE binding - the project is in maintenance mode and fuser is the recommended successor
- you need Windows support
- you want a pure-Rust solution with no libfuse dependency

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, files
- platform: bsd, rust
- tags: fuse, filesystems, userspace-filesystem, libfuse-replacement, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- zargony/fuse-rs (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.520486+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 2026-08-30T06:35:25.567996+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zargony/fuse-rs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.520486+00:00, sha 41d4906498ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.