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FUSE 2.9.9 (binary only) - DEPRECATED⚓︎

FUSE
(Filesystem
in
Userspace)
is a
kernel module
that makes it possible to move filesystem drivers out of
kernel mode
and into
user mode. This allows
unprivileged users, meaning users who are not root, to mount or create
filesystems. The FUSE modules effectively act as a bridge to the kernel
interfaces.

FUSE is especially useful for implementing virtual filesystems. Unlike
traditional filesystems, which are responsible for storing and loading
data on disk, virtual filesystems do not store data themselves. Instead,
they are a view or translation of an already existing file or storage
system. In principle, any resource available to FUSE can be exported as
a filesystem.

In Freetz, for example, the NTFS package is based on
FUSE.