bindfs ☆

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Description:
FUSE file system for mounting to another location

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.18.3@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: filesystem fuse mount permissions system-utility

Install: brew install bindfs

About:
bindfs is a FUSE-based file system that allows you to mirror a directory to another location, similar to a bind mount but with more flexibility. It enables remapping file permissions and ownership, making it ideal for managing access in shared environments. This tool is particularly useful for creating user-writable views of system directories without altering the original files.

Key Features:

Permission and ownership remapping
User and group ID mirroring
Selective file attribute hiding
Support for read-only and writable mounts

Use Cases:

Creating shared upload folders with correct permissions
Serving web content with user-specific access rights
Simulating different file ownership in development environments

Alternatives:

bind mounts – Native kernel feature, but lacks permission remapping capabilities
sshfs – For remote file access, not local directory mirroring

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Dependencies: libfuse

Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 8, 2025 7:53pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	cd4849fa
Dec 28, 2024 11:53am		0	VERSION_BUMP	4af8e652