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C client library for NFS. Version 6.0.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install libnfs

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install libnfs

MacPorts ports tree · devel/libnfs/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add libnfs

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libnfs · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install libnfs-dev

Debian stable package indexes · libnfs-dev · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install libnfs

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libnfs · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libnfs

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libnfs/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S libnfs

Arch Linux sync databases · libnfs · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install libnfs-devel

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libnfs-devel · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

C client library for NFS

Commands and aliases

  • nfs-cat
  • nfs-cp
  • nfs-ls
  • nfs-stat

history

Project history and usage

libnfs is a C client library for accessing NFS shares over a network. It packages NFS and related RPC protocol handling into reusable APIs instead of requiring callers to mount a filesystem through the operating system.

Project history

The sahlberg/libnfs repository presents the library around three APIs: a raw asynchronous RPC interface, an asynchronous high-level NFS interface, and a synchronous high-level interface. The README also documents a version 2 API break with changed async task functions and read/write signatures.

The project broadened from NFSv3-oriented client access into NFSv4, server-side RPC examples, Windows and macOS build fixes, and later zero-copy read/write support for NFS v3/v4. Its changelog is organized by version transitions rather than narrative release notes.

Adoption history

libnfs is useful to media applications, backup tools, embedded systems, emulators, test programs, and cross-platform software that needs NFS URL access without a kernel mount. The README documents platform coverage for Linux, Cygwin, macOS, iOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows, Android, AROS, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3.

How it is used

Applications can use nfs:// URLs, choose sync or async APIs, select NFS versions through URL arguments or API calls, and tune behavior such as timeouts, retries, mount traversal, directory caching, TLS transport security, and UID/GID handling. The package also provides small tools such as nfs-cat, nfs-cp, nfs-ls, and nfs-stat.

Why package nerds care

libnfs is package-nerd interesting because it turns a traditionally kernel-mounted network filesystem into a linkable userspace protocol library. That makes it attractive in sandboxed, portable, or media-heavy software, but it also brings protocol-version, credential, TLS, and platform-build details into ordinary dependency graphs.

Timeline

  • 1.11.0 era: The changelog records support for RPC timeouts, low-level NFSv4 work, and building RPC servers.
  • 2.0.0 era: The changelog records NFSv4 support, lockf and fcntl locking support for NFSv4, CMake support, URL arguments for NFS version selection, and a testsuite.
  • 4.0.0 era: The changelog records multithread support for Linux and Windows and fixes for NFSv4 chmod, chown, and utimes behavior.
  • 5.0.2 era: The changelog records zero-copy write/read work, NFS 4.1 structure additions, and notes that new development had shifted to a libnfs-next-gen branch.

Related projects

  • Related protocol pieces include ONC RPC, XDR, NFSv3, NFSv4, portmapper, mount, NLM, NSM, and rquota support.
  • The repository includes examples for raw RPC access, asynchronous NFS access, synchronous NFS access, RPC servers, and an LD_PRELOAD experiment for NFS-aware command-line utilities.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 8 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 3 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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
nfs-catcliglobal executable
nfs-cpcliglobal executable
nfs-lscliglobal executable
nfs-statcliglobal 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 version6.0.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedlibnfs-6.0.2

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:libnfs
Version6.0.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libnfs
Homepagehttps://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs#readme
LicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs/archive/refs/tags/libnfs-6.0.2.tar.gz
Build dependenciescmake, docbook, docbook-xsl
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibnfs
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • 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.

Debian apt95%

libnfs-dev 5.0.2-1+b2

NFS client library (development files)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnfs-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libnfs-utils 5.0.2-1+b2

NFS client library (binaries)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs-utils
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnfs-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libnfs14 5.0.2-1+b2

NFS client library (shared library)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs14
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnfs14 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

libnfs

nix profile install nixpkgs#libnfs
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/libnfs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

libnfs-dev 5.0.2-1build1

NFS client library (development files)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnfs-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libnfs-utils 5.0.2-1build1

NFS client library (binaries)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs-utils
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnfs-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libnfs14 5.0.2-1build1

NFS client library (shared library)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apt install libnfs14
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libnfs14 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

libnfs 5.0.3-r0

Client library for accessing NFS shares

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apk add libnfs
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libnfs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libnfs-dev 5.0.3-r0

Client library for accessing NFS shares (development files)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apk add libnfs-dev
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libnfs-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libnfs-doc 5.0.3-r0

Client library for accessing NFS shares (documentation)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apk add libnfs-doc
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libnfs-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

libnfs-tools 5.0.3-r0

Client library for accessing NFS shares (tools)

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo apk add libnfs-tools
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: libnfs-tools from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

libnfs 6.0.2-7.fc44

Client library for accessing NFS shares over a network

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo dnf install libnfs
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libnfs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libnfs-devel 6.0.2-7.fc44

Development files for libnfs

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo dnf install libnfs-devel
  • License: LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libnfs-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

libnfs-utils 6.0.2-7.fc44

Utilities for accessing NFS servers

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo dnf install libnfs-utils
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libnfs-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

libnfs 6.0.2-5

client library for accessing NFS shares

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo pacman -S libnfs
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: libnfs from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

libnfs-devel 5.0.3-3.2

Development files for libnfs

https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs

sudo zypper install libnfs-devel
  • License: BSD-2-Clause AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Development/Languages/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: libnfs
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Libnfs
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libnfs-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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