# linux-nvme/nvme-cli

NVMe management command line interface.

Repository: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nvme-cli
Homepage: https://nvmexpress.org
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:17:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 43, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4227, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 302, "gap_med": 65, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1851, forks 733 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:44.381730+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools, monitoring, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, hardware
- platform: cli, c
- tags: nvme, ssd, storage, nvme-of, libnvme, firmware-management, disk-management, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- linux-nvme/nvme-cli (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.381730+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 2026-08-30T03:16:55.741506+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.381730+00:00, sha d80f0537884d)
  - homepage: https://nvmexpress.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.555400+00:00, sha 2c0ae7858f13)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about/board (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.566270+00:00, sha bf08e2af922b)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about/membership-list (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.569119+00:00, sha 9a28667700cc)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.572326+00:00, sha cb91173b31c1)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/temp-author-6 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.564543+00:00, sha 8e860e5c3b88)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/education/faqs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.567724+00:00, sha 43f522d31d92)
  - site_page: https://nvmexpress.org/press-releases (fetched 2026-08-29T10:56:22.570675+00:00, sha 786af47a60dc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.