# Install s3ql with Homebrew, apt, Nix

POSIX-compliant FUSE filesystem using object store as block storage. Version 6.3.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-23. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install s3ql.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:s3ql
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install s3ql
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install s3ql
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: s3ql from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#s3ql
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/s3/s3ql/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:s3ql
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/s3ql>
- **Version:** 6.3.0
- **Source summary:** POSIX-compliant FUSE filesystem using object store as block storage
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql/releases/download/s3ql-6.3.0/s3ql-6.3.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23T20:41:16Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- fsck.s3ql (cli)
- mkfs.s3ql (cli)
- mount.s3ql (cli)
- s3ql_oauth_client (cli)
- s3ql_verify (cli)
- s3qladm (cli)
- s3qlcp (cli)
- s3qlctrl (cli)
- s3qllock (cli)
- s3qlrm (cli)
- s3qlstat (cli)
- umount.s3ql (cli)
- fsck.s3ql (alias)
- mkfs.s3ql (alias)
- mount.s3ql (alias)
- s3ql_oauth_client (alias)
- s3ql_verify (alias)
- s3qladm (alias)
- s3qlcp (alias)
- s3qlctrl (alias)
- s3qllock (alias)
- s3qlrm (alias)
- s3qlstat (alias)
- umount.s3ql (alias)

## Dependencies

- certifi
- cryptography
- libfuse
- pydantic
- python@3.14
- sqlite

## Build dependencies

- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 6.3.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-23
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for s3ql. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.s3ql/authinfo2

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.s3ql/authinfo2
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** s3ql
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Requirements:** linux
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - s3ql - 5.2.3+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: s3ql from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Full-featured file system for online data storage | https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql
- Debian apt - s3ql-dbg - 5.2.3+dfsg-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: s3ql-dbg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Full-featured file system for online data storage (debugging symbols) | https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql
- Nix - s3ql: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/s3/s3ql/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [sqlite](https://pkg.so/brew/sqlite/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [python@3.14](https://pkg.so/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libfuse](https://pkg.so/brew/libfuse/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://pkg.so/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [s3fs](https://pkg.so/brew/s3fs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [s5cmd](https://pkg.so/brew/s5cmd/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, storage.
- [juicefs](https://pkg.so/brew/juicefs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, storage.
- [gcsfuse](https://pkg.so/brew/gcsfuse/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [geesefs](https://pkg.so/brew/geesefs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [s3-backer](https://pkg.so/brew/s3-backer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, fuse, storage.
- [azcopy](https://pkg.so/brew/azcopy/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, storage.
- [s3cmd](https://pkg.so/brew/s3cmd/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, storage.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/s3ql.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/s3ql.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
