install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install geesefs

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#geesefs

nixpkgs 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

https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs

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 post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

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`	cli	global executable

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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.43.8

manager updated2026-06-22

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.43.8

https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:geesefs
Version	0.43.8
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/geesefs
Homepage	https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs
Repository	https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs
Upstream docs	https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs/archive/refs/tags/v0.43.8.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-22T10:25:45Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	geesefs
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/geesefs.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install geesefs with Homebrew, Nix