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F* file system – file search that reads SSD directly bypassing OS kernel

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-21 Cached

A CLI tool called ffs that searches files by reading the disk directly, bypassing the OS kernel's VFS layer, offering potential speed advantages over tools like ripgrep for large, uncached directories. Supports ext4, btrfs, and APFS file systems.

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