# Install juicefs with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Cloud-based, distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3. Version 1.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#juicefs.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:juicefs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install juicefs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#juicefs
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/juicefs
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/juicefs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:juicefs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4.1
- **Source summary:** Cloud-based, distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3
- **Homepage:** <https://juicefs.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/juicedata/juicefs>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T05:31:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- juicefs (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.4.1
## Project history and usage

JuiceFS is a cloud-native distributed POSIX file system that separates file data from metadata: file data lives in object storage and metadata lives in a database or key-value engine. That split made it attractive for Kubernetes, machine-learning, big-data, and cloud migration workloads that need a familiar filesystem interface over elastic storage.

### Project history

JuiceFS project materials describe the system as started in 2017 and designed for unstructured data management across multi-cloud, cross-cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments. Its open-source Community Edition is released under Apache-2.0, and official architecture documentation explains the object-storage plus metadata-engine design.

### Adoption history

The project moved from an early open-source release line in 2021 to a 1.0.0 release published on August 9, 2022. Packaging in Homebrew, Nix, and Scoop made the single `juicefs` CLI easy to install across developer laptops and automation environments.

### How it is used

Users format a JuiceFS volume against a metadata engine, mount it through the CLI, and back file data with S3-compatible or other object storage. In package-manager terms, it is a heavyweight CLI because the same binary is both an administration tool and the client that mounts the filesystem.

### Why package nerds care

JuiceFS is significant because it packages a distributed storage client as a normal CLI while depending on external services for durability and metadata. It sits at the intersection of FUSE filesystems, cloud object stores, Kubernetes CSI drivers, and database-backed metadata.

### Timeline

- 2017: JuiceFS project materials describe the project as having started in this year.
- 2021: Public GitHub releases show the 0.x open-source release line.
- 2022: JuiceFS 1.0.0 was published on August 9.
- 2023: v1.1 documentation introduced directory statistics and directory quota behavior.

### Related projects

- Kubernetes CSI drivers are a major deployment surface for JuiceFS.
- Redis, TiKV, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite are documented metadata-engine options.
- Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object stores are common backing stores.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/juicefs>
- <https://github.com/juicedata/juicefs>
- <https://juicefs.com/docs/community/architecture/>
- <https://juicefs.com/docs/community/release_notes/>
- <https://juicefs.com/en/blog/release-notes/juicefs-v1>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - juicefs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ju/juicefs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/juicefs: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/juicefs.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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