# Install curlftpfs with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman

Filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. Version 0.9.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install curlftpfs.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:curlftpfs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install curlftpfs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install curlftpfs
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: fuse/curlftpfs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add curlftpfs
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: curlftpfs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install curlftpfs
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install curlftpfs
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: curlftpfs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S curlftpfs
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: curlftpfs from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:curlftpfs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.2
- **Source summary:** Filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl
- **Homepage:** <https://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T14:55:56-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- curlftpfs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.2
## Project history and usage

CurlFtpFS is a FUSE filesystem that mounts FTP servers as local directories while delegating transfer behavior to libcurl.

### Project history

The official project page describes CurlFtpFS as a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. SourceForge lists the project as registered in 2006, alpha status, GPLv2 licensed, and brought by the user braga.

### Adoption history

CurlFtpFS occupied the practical Unix niche between command-line FTP clients and full file synchronization tools: it let users mount an FTP server and then use ordinary tools such as ls, cd, cp, mv, and editors. SourceForge's file browser shows the 0.9.2 tarball line under the project's downloads, and the supplied package-manager facts show continued packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Arch, MacPorts, and Alpine-like ecosystems.

### How it is used

The official site demonstrates creating a mount point, mounting an FTP URL with curlftpfs, and then browsing the remote tree with shell commands. It highlights SSL/TLS support, tunneling HTTP proxies, reconnecting after server timeouts, and rewriting absolute symlinks back into the FTP filesystem.

### Why package nerds care

CurlFtpFS is package-nerd relevant because it combines three packaging-sensitive layers: FUSE integration, libcurl feature support, and mount-helper behavior. It also represents a once-common era of packaging small FUSE filesystems for network protocols before cloud object stores and WebDAV/SFTP workflows displaced many FTP use cases.

### Timeline

- 2006: Project registered on SourceForge.
- 2008: SourceForge file listing shows the curlftpfs download tree modified on 2008-05-28.
- 2013: SourceForge summary records the last project update as 2013-05-02.

### Related projects

- FUSE, libcurl, sshfs, lftpfs, and other FTPFS-style filesystems are the closest related packaging neighbors.

### Sources

- <https://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/curlftpfs/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/p/curlftpfs/code/>
- <https://sourceforge.net/projects/curlftpfs/files/>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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: /etc/fstab

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.netrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - curlftpfs - 0.9.2-10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: curlftpfs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | filesystem to access FTP hosts based on FUSE and cURL | http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net
- apk - curlftpfs - 0.9.2-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: curlftpfs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fuse mount FTP server | https://sourceforge.net/projects/curlftpfs/
- apk - curlftpfs-doc - 0.9.2-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: curlftpfs-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fuse mount FTP server (documentation) | https://sourceforge.net/projects/curlftpfs/
- dnf - curlftpfs - 0.9.2-44.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: curlftpfs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl | http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/
- pacman - curlftpfs - 0.9.2-10: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: curlftpfs from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A filesystem for acessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. | http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - curlftpfs: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: fuse/curlftpfs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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