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Nothing open-source, unfortunately. I originally wrote a Windows fuse-like filesystem driver that we used in our 1.x product line, but that was a lot of work to maintain and have since switched to CBFS https://www.eldos.com/cbfs/ - which I wrote a libfuse binding for that we directly mount through via ctypes. They are actually in the process of formally building out FUSE support for CBFS but it's not officially supported.


CBFS has a $7k-20k license price-tag. How are you affording that for your project?

I looked at it some years ago, but couldn't justify the cost for what I needed a FUSE like ability for. And moved on to a couple of other things.


I wouldn't ship a loosely maintained open-source kernel driver to paying customers. You can get CBFS for less if you're an indie shop, but the don't directly publish the price anymore. Compared to spending a year writing a gross Windows filesystem driver or hiring somebody to do it CBFS is amazingly inexpensive.


What price range are we talking about for the "indie shop" license? Between $500-$1000? Or is it more like 1/2 of the $7k license?


Expandrive is commercial software that sells for, IIRC, ~$20.


$40.




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