macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install geesefs with Homebrew, Nix
FUSE FS implementation over S3. Version 0.43.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#geesefs.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#geesefsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ge/geesefs/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
FUSE FS implementation over S3
Project links
Commands and aliases
- geesefs
history
Project history and usage
GeeseFS is a high-performance, POSIX-ish FUSE filesystem for mounting S3-compatible object storage as a filesystem.
Project history
The official README frames GeeseFS as a Go implementation intended to address common S3 FUSE performance problems, especially small-file and metadata workloads, by using aggressive parallelism and asynchrony.
Adoption history
The project lives under the yandex-cloud organization and the README points to a GeeseFS-based CSI S3 driver. The input package facts list Homebrew and Nix packaging, which matches a systems-tool audience that wants the same mount helper available through reproducible package channels.
How it is used
Users provide AWS-style credentials, then run geesefs with a bucket and mount point, optionally specifying an endpoint or bucket prefix. The official README also documents fstab startup usage, Windows operation with WinFSP, environment-variable credentials, and custom credential files through --shared-config.
Why package nerds care
GeeseFS is notable for package-manager users because it is a single Go/FUSE binary at the boundary between cloud object storage and local filesystem semantics, where packaging has to line up with FUSE support, init/fstab workflows, Windows WinFSP usage, and S3 credential conventions.
Timeline
- 0.37.0: Metadata cache memory usage became limited, according to the README's common-issues notes.
Related projects
- The README compares GeeseFS with rclone, Goofys, S3FS, and gcsfuse, and points to a GeeseFS-based CSI S3 driver.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
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.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.aws/credentials- Windows
C:\Users\<USERNAME>\.aws\credentials
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
geesefs | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.43.8
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:geesefs |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.43.8 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs |
| Repository | https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T20:55:22-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
geesefs
nix profile install nixpkgs#geesefs- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Geesefs
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation