s3fs allows Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD to mount an S3 bucket via FUSE(Filesystem in Userspace).
s3fs makes you operate files and directories in S3 bucket like a local file system. It preserves the native object format for files, allowing use of other tools like AWS CLI.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Large subset of POSIX including reading/writing files, directories, symlinks, mode, uid/gid, and extended attributes.
- Compatible with Amazon S3, and other S3-based object stores.
- Allows random writes and appends.
- Large files via multi-part upload.
- Renames via server-side copy.
- Optional server-side encryption.
- Data integrity via MD5 hashes.
- In-memory metadata caching.
- Local disk data caching.
- User-specified regions, including Amazon GovCloud.
- Authenticate via v2 or v4 signatures.
Website: github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
Support:
Developer: Randy Rizun and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
s3fs is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| S3 File Systems | |
|---|---|
| ZeroFS | Filesystem that makes S3 your primary storage |
| GeeseFS | POSIX-ish S3 file system |
| s3fs | Mount an S3 bucket via FUSE |
| gcsfuse | Cloud Storage FUSE |
| rclone | Command line program to sync files and directories |
| Garage | S3-compatible distributed object storage service |
| Goofys | S3 backend filey-system interface |
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