GEFS filesystem
Ranked 8 of 10 filesystems by recommenders
Smaller, permissively licensed filesystem that people find stable and a modern FFS replacement; critics say it can't match ZFS in many uses.
Smaller, permissively licensed filesystem that people find stable and a modern FFS replacement; critics say it can't match ZFS in many uses.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Stable in everyday use
“I have been running GEFS for a number of days and it hasnt crashed”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview” “It worked fine in my n270 based Atom netbook under 9front”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview” Modern, much-needed FFS replacement
“But also bribgs a lot of hope and happiness”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview” “it's a modern, much needed FFS replacement”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview” Competitive with ZFS, permissively licensed
“it's good enough to compete with ZFS while being way smaller and permissively licensed”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview” “neither ZFS, Hammer2 or GEFS suffer from this”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Can't match ZFS in many uses
“it can't compete with ZFS in many use cases”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview”
Other filesystems people recommend
The four most recommended other filesystems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 10 filesystems, rankedWhat people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I also love the title for this talk about it”
“It would be great if it finally gets integrated into OpenBSD tree.”
“neither ZFS, Hammer2 or GEFS suffer from this”
“But also bribgs a lot of hope and happiness”
“Yeah that's not how filesystems are supposed to work.”
“it can't compete with ZFS in many use cases”
“What a wonderful surprise!”
“I have been running GEFS for a number of days and it hasnt crashed”
“it's a modern, much needed FFS replacement”
“it's good enough to compete with ZFS while being way smaller and permissively licensed”
“Ori's done a fantastic job.”
“It worked fine in my n270 based Atom netbook under 9front”
“The snapshot system in gefs is really quite nice.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.