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Projects using mergerfs

  • Lakka.tv: A turnkey software emulation Linux distribution. Used to pool user and local storage. Also includes my other project Opera. A 3DO emulator.
  • OpenMediaVault: A network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. They provide plugins to manage mergerfs.
  • CasaOS: "A simple, easy to use, elegant open source home cloud system." Has added initial integration with mergerfs to create pools from existing filesystems.
  • ZimaOS: A more commercially focused NAS OS by the authors of CasaOS at Ice Whale.
  • Cosmos Cloud: Cosmos "take the chore out of selfhosting, with automated maintenance and fully secured setup out of the box. It even integrates to your existing setup."

Software and services commonly used with mergerfs

  • snapraid: a backup program designed for disk arrays, storing parity information for data recovery in the event of up to six disk failures.
  • rclone: a command-line program to manage files on cloud storage. It is a feature-rich alternative to cloud vendors' web storage interfaces. rclone's union feature is based on mergerfs policies.
  • ZFS: Common to use ZFS w/ mergerfs. ZFS for important data and mergerfs pool for replacable media.
  • UnRAID: While UnRAID has its own union filesystem it isn't uncommon to see UnRAID users leverage mergerfs given the differences in the technologies. There is a plugin available by Rysz to ease installation and setup.
  • TrueNAS: Some users are requesting mergerfs be made part of TrueNAS.
  • For a time there were a number of Chia miners recommending mergerfs.
  • cloudboxes.io: VPS provider. Includes details on their wiki: on how to setup mergerfs.
  • QNAP: Someone has create builds of mergerfs for different QNAP devices.

Distributions including mergerfs

mergerfs can be found in the repositories of many Linux distributions and FreeBSD.

Note: Any non-rolling release based distro is likely to have out-of-date versions.