Description:
Userspace utilities to manage btrfs filesystems
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 6.17.1@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: System utilities
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Tags:
btrfs
filesystem
system-utilities
linux
admin
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Install:
brew install btrfs-progs
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About:
btrfs-progs provides a comprehensive suite of command-line utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and repairing btrfs filesystems. It serves as the essential userspace toolset for administering the B-tree Copy-on-Write (CoW) filesystem. This package enables advanced features like subvolumes, snapshots, compression, and RAID management directly from the terminal.
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Key Features:
- Filesystem creation and management (mkfs.btrfs, btrfs filesystem)
- Advanced volume and subvolume administration (btrfs subvolume, btrfs device)
- Built-in repair and integrity checking tools (btrfs check, btrfs rescue)
- Snapshot creation and management for backups
- Support for RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, and RAID5/6 configurations
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Use Cases:
- Formatting and mounting btrfs partitions on Linux systems
- Creating incremental filesystem snapshots for system backups
- Managing RAID arrays and adding/removing disks from a btrfs volume
- Diagnosing and repairing corrupted btrfs filesystems
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Alternatives:
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xfsprogs
– Provides equivalent tooling for the XFS filesystem, which is another advanced Linux filesystem option.
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e2fsprogs
– The standard toolset for ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems, suitable for more traditional Linux partitions.
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License: GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
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Dependencies: e2fsprogs, lzo, systemd, util-linux, zlib, zstd
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Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
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