macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install dwarfslocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / Rang 3504
dwarfs mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für dwarfs in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dwarfsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dw/dwarfs/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install dwarfsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dwarfs · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Fast high compression read-only file system for Linux, Windows, and macOS
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- dwarfsck
- dwarfsextract
- mkdwarfs
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
DwarFS is a high-compression read-only filesystem for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. Its README frames it as a mountable archive optimized for fast random reads and strong space savings on redundant data.
Projektgeschichte
Marcus Holland-Moritz writes in the README that he started working on DwarFS in 2013 because several hundred Perl installations were consuming about 30 GB, and existing compressed filesystems either did not compress well enough or were too slow and unstable for his use case.
The public GitHub repository was created in November 2020, and GitHub release metadata records release-0.1.0 the same month. By 2026, the project had grown into a multi-platform filesystem with mkdwarfs for image creation, dwarfs for mounting, dwarfsextract for extraction, and dwarfsck for inspection and checksums.
The README is unusually benchmark-heavy: it compares DwarFS with tar/gzip, 7-Zip, SquashFS, lrzip, zpaq, wimlib, Cromfs, EROFS, and fuse-archive across redundant Perl installations, CI artifacts, game audio assets, and other datasets.
Adoptionsgeschichte
DwarFS adoption is strongest among users with highly redundant trees: many software builds, versioned runtimes, large asset collections, backups, and archives where mountable access matters. The README includes package-maintainer notes, release-download badges, a Homebrew installs badge, a Repology packaging badge, related projects, and notable users.
The input metadata lists Homebrew, Nix, and zypper packages. That package-manager footprint is important because DwarFS is a native filesystem/archive tool with FUSE and compression-library concerns; reproducible distribution builds make it easier to deploy than ad hoc source builds.
Wie es verwendet wird
The basic workflow is mkdwarfs -i /path/to/input/dir -o image.dwarfs, then dwarfs image.dwarfs /path/to/mountpoint to mount it. Users can extract with dwarfsextract and inspect or checksum images with dwarfsck.
DwarFS is read-only when mounted, so it is used more like a compressed, mountable artifact store than a writable filesystem. Its tuning knobs cover compression level, block size, categorization, worker counts, memory limits, duplicate segment search, and related compression-performance tradeoffs.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
DwarFS is package-nerd significant because it is a modern alternative in a class usually dominated by SquashFS, tarballs, zip files, and container/image formats. It is especially interesting when the package is not just a compressor but a filesystem image format plus FUSE driver plus inspection/extraction tools.
It also illustrates why package managers matter for systems tools: users need compatible FUSE support, compression libraries, platform-specific builds, and command-line utilities installed together.
Zeitleiste
- 2013: Work on DwarFS begins, according to the README history section.
- 2020: The public GitHub repository is created and release-0.1.0 is published.
- 2026: GitHub release metadata records v0.15.3.
Related projects
- The README compares DwarFS with SquashFS, Cromfs, EROFS, lrzip, zpaq, zpaqfranz, wimlib, fuse-archive, tar/gzip, and 7-Zip.
- Related runtime/package-image projects named by the README include PELF and uruntime, which mention DwarFS support.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risikoklassifikator
blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool
Warum
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signale
- text:compress
Installationsverhalten
- Es wurden keine Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten erfasst.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
dwarfsck | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
dwarfsextract | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
mkdwarfs | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-08-03
Manager-Version0.15.6
Manager aktualisiert2026-07-26
lokale Datenunbekannt
Upstreamnicht verfügbar
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:dwarfs |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.15.6 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs |
| Repository | https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-26T17:46:02Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
dwarfs
nix profile install nixpkgs#dwarfs- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
zypper95%
dwarfs 0.15.5-1.2
Deduplicating compressed read-only file system
sudo zypper install dwarfs- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dwarfs
- 14 Abhängigkeiten
- 3 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
zypper95%
dwarfs-bash-completion 0.15.5-1.2
Bash Completion for dwarfs
sudo zypper install dwarfs-bash-completion- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: dwarfs
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
zypper95%
dwarfs-devel 0.15.5-1.2
DwarFS development files
sudo zypper install dwarfs-devel- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dwarfs
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
zypper95%
dwarfs-zsh-completion 0.15.5-1.2
ZSH Completion for dwarfs
sudo zypper install dwarfs-zsh-completion- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: dwarfs
- 2 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
zypper95%
libdwarfs0_15_5 0.15.5-1.2
DwarFS dynamic library
sudo zypper install libdwarfs0_15_5- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dwarfs
- 21 Abhängigkeiten
- 8 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Dwarfs
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation