# Install fio

I/O benchmark and stress test. Version 3.42 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fio
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fio
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add fio
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install fio
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install fio
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fio
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S fio
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install fio
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fio from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install fio
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: fio from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','f.lux'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/fio
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id fio.fio -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: fio.fio from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:fio
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fio>
- **Version:** 3.42
- **Source summary:** I/O benchmark and stress test
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/axboe/fio>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/axboe/fio>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://fio.readthedocs.io/>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/axboe/fio/archive/refs/tags/fio-3.42.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-07T05:41:47Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- fio (cli)
- fio-btrace2fio (cli)
- fio-dedupe (cli)
- fio-genzipf (cli)
- fio-histo-log-pctiles.py (cli)
- fio-verify-state (cli)
- fio2gnuplot (cli)
- fio_generate_plots (cli)
- fio_jsonplus_clat2csv (cli)
- fiologparser.py (cli)
- fiologparser_hist.py (cli)
- genfio (cli)
- fio (alias)
- fio-btrace2fio (alias)
- fio-dedupe (alias)
- fio-genzipf (alias)
- fio-histo-log-pctiles.py (alias)
- fio-verify-state (alias)
- fio2gnuplot (alias)
- fio_generate_plots (alias)
- fio_jsonplus_clat2csv (alias)
- fiologparser.py (alias)
- fiologparser_hist.py (alias)
- genfio (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 3.42
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-07
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/axboe/fio
- Upstream latest detected: fio-3.42 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** fio
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** fiona
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - fio - 3.39-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fio from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | flexible I/O tester | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- Debian apt - fio-examples - 3.39-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: fio-examples from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | flexible I/O tester - example job files | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- Nix - fio: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fi/fio/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - fio - 3.36-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fio from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | flexible I/O tester | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- Ubuntu apt - fio-examples - 3.36-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fio-examples from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | flexible I/O tester - example job files | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- apk - fio - 3.41-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fio from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Flexible I/O Tester | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- apk - fio-doc - 3.41-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fio-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Flexible I/O Tester (documentation) | https://github.com/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Multithreaded IO generation tool | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-dev-dax - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-dev-dax from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | PMDK dev-dax engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-http - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-http from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | HTTP engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-libaio - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-libaio from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Linux libaio engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-libpmem - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-libpmem from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | PMDK pmemblk engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-nbd - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-nbd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Network Block Device engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-rados - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-rados from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Rados engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-rbd - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-rbd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Rados Block Device engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio
- dnf - fio-engine-rdma - 3.42-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: fio-engine-rdma from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | RDMA engine for fio. | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/fio


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