# tuxera/ntfs-3g

NTFS-3G Safe Read/Write NTFS Driver

Repository: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ntfs-3g
Homepage: https://www.tuxera.com/company/open-source
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-07-15T17:55:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2010, "days_push": 49, "days_rel": 49, "gap_med": 85, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1477, forks 216 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:50.330183+00:00)

## What it is
NTFS-3G is an open-source read/write NTFS filesystem driver for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and other Unix-like systems, maintained by Tuxera since 2008. It enables safe interoperability with Windows NTFS volumes, including POSIX ACLs, extended attributes, junction points, and compressed files.

## Use cases
- mount a Windows NTFS drive with read/write access on Linux
- access NTFS external hard drives from macOS or FreeBSD
- recover or manage files on a Windows-formatted partition
- read Windows 10 compressed files on a Unix system
- set up NTFS support on an embedded or QNX device

## When to choose
- you need reliable read/write access to NTFS volumes on Linux or other Unix-like systems
- you need POSIX ACLs, permissions, or extended attribute support on NTFS
- you want a mature, widely packaged driver maintained by a commercial backer

## When to avoid
- you only need to read NTFS and your kernel already has a suitable read-only driver
- you need native Windows filesystem performance on Windows itself
- you need a filesystem other than NTFS

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: file-system, cli
- domain: operating-systems, files, cross-platform
- platform: bsd, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: ntfs, fuse, filesystem-driver, windows-compatibility, disk-utilities, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tuxera/ntfs-3g (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.330183+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 2026-08-30T04:34:25.589996+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:50.330183+00:00, sha aea6c96e30ec)
  - homepage: https://www.tuxera.com/company/open-source (fetched 2026-08-29T11:41:40.355247+00:00, sha ce1384b42311)
  - site_page: https://tuxera.com/about-tuxera (fetched 2026-08-29T11:41:40.364765+00:00, sha ce1384b42311)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.