# macfuse/macfuse

macFUSE umbrella repository

Repository: https://github.com/macfuse/macfuse
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/macfuse
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: macfuse
Last push: 2026-07-04T12:36:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 79, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5565, "days_push": 60, "days_rel": 60, "gap_med": 54, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- 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 9787, forks 548 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.150573+00:00)

## What it is
macFUSE is a macOS software package that lets non-privileged users create file systems in user space, with a kernel extension bridging to kernel interfaces. It provides libfuse.dylib (a superset of the Unix FUSE API) and macFUSE.framework, a high-level Objective-C wrapper.

## Use cases
- mount cloud storage as a local filesystem on macOS
- access non-native filesystems like NTFS or ext4 on a Mac
- transparently encrypt and decrypt files via a filesystem layer
- write a custom filesystem without kernel code
- build a network or distributed filesystem for macOS

## When to choose
- you need to implement or mount custom file systems on macOS
- you want FUSE-compatible APIs (libfuse or Objective-C) on a Mac
- you need user-space filesystems supporting macOS 12 through recent versions

## When to avoid
- you need a fully open-source solution - the kernel extension is closed-source
- you target Linux or Windows rather than macOS
- you cannot or do not want to install kernel extensions on macOS

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, files, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, c
- tags: fuse, kernel-extension, user-space-filesystems, objective-c, macos

## Member repositories
- macfuse/macfuse (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.150573+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 2026-08-29T17:21:01.481931+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/macfuse/macfuse (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.150573+00:00, sha 234417d93ddf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.