archivemount ☆

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Description:
File system for accessing archives using libarchive

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1b@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: archive fuse filesystem compression utility

Install: brew install archivemount

About:
archivemount-ng is a FUSE-based filesystem that mounts local archive files as virtual directories. It leverages libarchive to transparently read and write various archive formats, allowing users to interact with compressed content as if it were a standard folder structure.

Key Features:

Supports multiple archive formats via libarchive
Transparent read and write access to archive contents
FUSE integration for easy mounting on macOS and Linux

Use Cases:

Browsing and editing compressed archives without explicit extraction
Integrating archive contents into automated filesystem workflows
Reducing disk usage by keeping data compressed while remaining accessible

Alternatives:

avfs – Virtual filesystem that mounts archives, but uses a different architecture and may support fewer formats out of the box
libarchive (bsdtar) – Provides command-line tools for extracting archives but does not offer a persistent mountable filesystem

License: LGPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies: libarchive, libfuse

Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 22, 2025 7:22pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	9dad17c0
Dec 28, 2024 10:15am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b35788e7