ntfs3g
Open source read-write NTFS driver that runs under FUSE
The ntfs-3g driver is an open source, GPL licensed, third generation Linux NTFS driver for 32-bit, little-endian architectures which was implemented by the Linux-NTFS project. It provides full read-write access to NTFS, excluding access to encrypted files, writing compressed files, changing file ownership, access right.
homepage ↗ cpe: cpe:/a:ntfs-3g:ntfs-3g sourceforge: ntfs-3g github: tuxera/ntfs-3g
Available in
| Overlay | Newest | Ebuilds | Last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gentoo gitweb ↗ | 2026.7.7 | 2 | 16 h | details › |
| didos GitHub ↗ | 2017.3.23 | 1 | 2 yr | details › |
Versions & arches
| Version | Overlay | amd64 | arm64 | x86 | ppc64 | riscv | alpha | arm | hppa | loong | ppc | sparc | Committed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026.7.7 | gentoo | amd64 testing | arm64 testing | x86 testing | ppc64 testing | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm testing | hppa testing | loong testing | ppc testing | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2026.2.25 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm stable | hppa testing | loong testing | ppc stable | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2017.3.23 | didos | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 untested | ppc64 untested | riscv untested | alpha untested | arm stable | hppa untested | loong untested | ppc untested | sparc untested | — | view · download · history ↗ |
Use flags of 2026.7.7
- acl Add support for Access Control Lists
- debug Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
- +fuse Enable ntfs-3g FUSE driver
- +mount-ntfs Install mount.ntfs symlink
- ntfsdecrypt Build and install the ntfsdecrypt application.
- +ntfsprogs Enable ntfsprogs
- static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
- suid Enable setuid root program(s)
- xattr Add support for extended attributes (filesystem-stored metadata)