libfuse

Install command:
brew install libfuse

Also known as: libfuse@3

Reference implementation of the Linux FUSE interface

https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse

License: LGPL-2.1-only AND GPL-2.0-only

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libfuse.json

Formula code: libfuse.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 3.18.3
head ⚡️ HEAD

Other versions:

libfuse@2 2.9.9 Reference implementation of the Linux FUSE interface

Depends on when building from source:

meson 1.12.1 Fast and user friendly build system
ninja 1.13.2 Small build system for use with gyp or CMake

Requires: Linux

Binaries: fusermount3, mount.fuse3

GitHub Packages downloads:

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