Synopsis

refuse is a Python module implemented using ctypes that provides a simple cross-platform interface to:

• libfuse
• FUSE for macOS
• WinFsp

refuse originated as a fork of fusepy. This fork will break with its origins in (at least) the following aspects:

• Dropping Python 2 support
• Dropping the monolithic single-file-design
• Adding libfuse3 support
• Marking libfuse2 support as deprecated
• A test suite

If you have a pending pull request against fusepy that you would like to see included into refuse please open an issue here.

If you want to contribute to refuse, please have a look at the contributing guidelines.

Project status

THIS PROJECT HAS ALPHA STATUS.

The high level API has been tested through LoggedFS-python with pjdfstest and fsx on x86_64 Linux only, but not in all possible modes of operation. The low level API is completely untested at this point.

Installation

refuse requires libfuse 2.8 or 2.9 (highly recommended), FUSE for macOS or WinFsp. The master branch of its git repository is always kept at the latest preview release. It should be "sort of stable" (still ALPHA). Development happens in the develop branch.

You can install the preview releases from PyPI:

pip install refuse

You can alternatively also install the current HEAD, most likely very unstable:

pip install git+https://github.com/pleiszenburgrefuse.git@develop

refuse (theoretically) runs on:

OS	API		arch
	level	version	i386	x86_64	PPC	PPC64	arm64	MIPS
Linux	high	2	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
	low	2	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mac OS X	high	2	yes	yes	yes	yes
		3	no	no	no	no
	low	2	yes	yes	yes	yes
		3	no	no	no	no
FreeBSD	high	2	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
	low	2	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
OpenBSD	high	2	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
	low	2	no	no	no	no	no	no
		3	no	no	no	no	no	no
Windows	high	2	yes	yes			no
		3	no	no			no
	low	2	no	no			no
		3	no	no			no
Windows/Cygwin	high	2	yes	yes			no
		3	no	no			no
	low	2	no	no			no
		3	no	no			no

Porting a project from fusepy to refuse

See documentation.

Miscellaneous

• Authors (credit where credit is due)
• Change log (current) (changes in development branch since last release)
• Change log (past) (release history)
• Contributing (Contributions are highly welcomed!)
• Documentation (mostly notes at this point)
• License (ISCL)