mhx/dwarfs

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A fast high-compression read-only file system for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows

Stars: 2.6k
Forks: 92
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 23

Dominant language: C++
License: No license data
Last GitHub push: Jul 11, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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23 open issues indexed

Feature request: support even older kernels Open

wontfix

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mhx/dwarfs#385 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Feature request: WHIRLPOOL hashing algorithm Open

wontfix

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

mhx/dwarfs#384 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Feature request: optional Asio integration Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mhx/dwarfs#383 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
mkdwarfs stuck on scanning when using NTFS on Linux Open

stalled

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mhx/dwarfs#380 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
Adding multiple directories as input Open

enhancement wishlist

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mhx/dwarfs#379 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Can't run any EXE that tries to load DLL files (WINDOWS) Open

bug fixready

mhx/dwarfs#376 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 12, 2026
BDFS Collaboration . . . ? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

mhx/dwarfs#374 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2026
Align the filesystem to 512 bytes and allow paddings to allow mounting via loop devices. Open

enhancement

mhx/dwarfs#356 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 28, 2026
Add support for following symlinks to files (and perhaps folders) and dereference them before adding to the image Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

mhx/dwarfs#350 · 12 comments · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Add support for normalizing / hiding hardlinks in the output image Open

enhancement wishlist

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mhx/dwarfs#349 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2026
zxc Open

enhancement investigation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

mhx/dwarfs#327 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2026
Create FreeBSD port Open

good first issue help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

mhx/dwarfs#273 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 30, 2025
[Feature request] Add support for pseudo files Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mhx/dwarfs#272 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2025
Document memory behaviour and give tips for dealing with many files Open

documentation enhancement fixready

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

mhx/dwarfs#226 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 23, 2024
[Feature Request] Mounting multiple archives to the same path Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

mhx/dwarfs#219 · 12 comments · Opened May 1, 2024
[Feature Request] Create DWARFS Archive From TAR/STDIN Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mhx/dwarfs#181 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 29, 2023
Big memory usage in debian vs ubuntu when mounting a 120 dwarfs Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

mhx/dwarfs#154 · 16 comments · Opened Jul 20, 2023
DM - MIME type and Logo (icon) for DwarFS Open

enhancement help wanted

mhx/dwarfs#151 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 13, 2023
Feature request: Improve block management for uncompressed blocks to save memory and enhance deduplication Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mhx/dwarfs#139 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 27, 2023
Feature request: Supporting deduplication for reference window larger than main memory Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mhx/dwarfs#138 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 27, 2023
Add encryption option Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

mhx/dwarfs#126 · 2 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jan 20, 2023
Enhancement for optical discs: Archive size limit, and erasure coding for error correction Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mhx/dwarfs#123 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 13, 2022
Ability to add files to the compressed filesystem without having to decompress/recompress the whole thing Open

enhancement

mhx/dwarfs#18 · 7 comments · 10 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 6, 2020

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