linux-nvme/nvme-cli
NVMe management command line interface. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 43
- Longevity 100
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: 65
- age_days: 4227
- days_rel: 302
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
1851 stars · 733 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The official NVM Express user space tooling for Linux, providing the `nvme` command line tool and the libnvme library it is built on. It supports NVMe device management, NVMe-oF fabrics, and vendor-specific plugins.
Use cases
- manage and format NVMe SSDs from the Linux command line
- check NVMe drive health and SMART logs
- connect to NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) targets
- update NVMe drive firmware
- list and inspect NVMe controllers and namespaces
- monitor NVMe device error logs and telemetry
When to choose
- you administer Linux systems with NVMe SSDs and need low-level device control
- you need to configure or debug NVMe-oF fabric connections
- you want vendor plugin support for specific SSD management features
- you need a scriptable, distribution-packaged NVMe management tool
When to avoid
- you only need simple disk partitioning or filesystem tasks rather than NVMe-specific control
- you are on a non-Linux platform other than FreeBSD
- you need a GUI storage management tool
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli developer-tools monitoring configuration-management developer-tools operating-systems hardware cli c nvme ssd storage nvme-of libnvme firmware-management disk-management command-line linux
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · d80f0537884d
- homepage: https://nvmexpress.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2c0ae7858f13
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about/board · fetched 2026-08-29 · bf08e2af922b
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about/membership-list · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a28667700cc
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · cb91173b31c1
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/temp-author-6 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8e860e5c3b88
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/education/faqs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 43f522d31d92
- site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/press-releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 786af47a60dc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| linux-nvme/nvme-cli | main | 80 |
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