# yarrick/pingfs

Stores your data in ICMP ping packets

Repository: https://github.com/yarrick/pingfs
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pingfs
Homepage: https://code.kryo.se/pingfs/
Language: C
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-08-05T20:50:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4409, "days_push": 1124, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3542, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:09.260872+00:00)

## What it is
pingfs is a FUSE filesystem for Linux that stores file data in ICMP Echo (ping) packets bouncing between the local machine and remote hosts, using raw sockets. It is a novelty 'true cloud storage' experiment supporting basic file operations but with very low performance and no data durability guarantees.

## Use cases
- store files in ping packets as a novelty experiment
- demonstrate FUSE filesystem development
- learn how raw sockets and ICMP work
- play with an unusual network-based storage hack
- explore latency-based data storage concepts

## When to choose
- you want a fun, hacky FUSE/raw-socket experiment on Linux
- you need a teaching example of ICMP and FUSE internals
- you want to amuse others with 'true cloud storage'

## When to avoid
- you need reliable or persistent data storage
- you need performance or large capacity
- you need portability beyond Linux
- you cannot run with root privileges

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, networking, cli
- domain: files, networking, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: fuse, icmp, novelty, raw-sockets, filesystem, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- yarrick/pingfs (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.260872+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 2026-08-29T18:34:29.138859+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yarrick/pingfs (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.260872+00:00, sha ab6a56a8e494)
  - homepage: https://code.kryo.se/pingfs/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:28:36.876186+00:00, sha 917923c1fb67)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.