# nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha

NFS-Ganesha is an NFSv3,v4,v4.1 fileserver that runs in user mode on most UNIX/Linux systems

Repository: https://github.com/nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nfs-ganesha
Language: C
License Family: other
Topics: nfs-server, glusterfs, cephfs, rgw, gpfs, lustre, c, nfsv4, nfs-ganesha
Last push: 2026-08-21T22:32:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5052, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 11, "n_releases_24m": 36}
- 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 1780, forks 579 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.328288+00:00)

## What it is
NFS-Ganesha is a user-mode NFS fileserver supporting NFSv3, v4, and v4.1, plus the 9p protocol, running on most UNIX/Linux systems. It can export backends such as CephFS, GlusterFS, RGW, GPFS, and Lustre.

## Use cases
- serve nfs shares from userspace
- export cephfs over nfs
- run an nfs server without kernel modules
- provide nfs access to glusterfs volumes
- share files over nfsv4 on linux

## When to choose
- you need an NFS server in user space with filesystem backend flexibility
- you want to export CephFS or GlusterFS via NFS

## When to avoid
- you need maximum kernel-level NFS performance
- you need a simple static file server over HTTP

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, http-server, networking
- domain: microservices, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: c, self-hosted
- tags: nfs-server, nfsv4, userland, cephfs, glusterfs, fileserver, 9p, linux

## Member repositories
- nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.328288+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 2026-08-30T03:24:36.176933+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.328288+00:00, sha a019d6d2091b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.