# Install s3fs with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3. Version 1.97 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-10.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:s3fs
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install s3fs
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install s3fs
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: fuse/s3fs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install s3fs
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: s3fs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#s3fs
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/s3/s3fs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S s3fs-fuse
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: s3fs-fuse from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install s3fs
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: s3fs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:s3fs
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/s3fs>
- **Version:** 1.97
- **Source summary:** FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/wiki>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/archive/refs/tags/v1.97.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-10T19:13:47Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- s3fs (cli)
- s3fs (alias)

## Dependencies

- curl
- libfuse
- libxml2
- openssl@3

## Build dependencies

- autoconf
- automake
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.97
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-10
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
- Upstream latest detected: v1.97 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for s3fs. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## 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

- Unix: ${HOME}/.aws/credentials, ${HOME}/.passwd-s3fs, /etc/passwd-s3fs
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** s3fs
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Requirements:** linux
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - s3fs - 1.95-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: s3fs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3 | https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
- Nix - s3fs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/s3/s3fs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - s3fs - 1.93-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: s3fs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3 | https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
- pacman - s3fs-fuse - 1.97-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: s3fs-fuse from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3 | https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/wiki
- zypper - s3fs - 1.97-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: s3fs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | FUSE file system backed by Amazon S3 bucket | https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
- MacPorts - s3fs: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: fuse/s3fs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [curl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/curl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libfuse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libfuse/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libxml2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libxml2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [autoconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/autoconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [automake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/automake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [gcsfuse](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcsfuse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [s3ql](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s3ql/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [versitygw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/versitygw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, object-storage, s3.
- [garage](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/garage/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, object-storage, s3, storage.
- [geesefs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/geesefs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, fuse, object-storage.
- [juicefs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/juicefs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, s3, storage.
- [s3-backer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s3-backer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, fuse, s3, storage.
- [s5cmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s5cmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, filesystem, s3, storage.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/s3fs.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/s3fs.yml)


## Sources

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