libbtrfs
libbtrfs provides a Rust API for interacting with the BTRFS filesystem.
This API is subjest to change
This library is in the early stages of development Future versions my introduce breaking changes.
Examples and Documentation
For more instructions on how to use libbtrfs please see the docs.rs page.
BTRFS Resources
Papers
- [1] Rodeh, O., Bacik, J., & Mason, C. (2013). Btrfs: The Linux B-tree Filesystem. ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS), 9(3), 1-32.
- [2] Rodeh, O. (2008). B-trees, shadowing, and clones. ACM Transactions on Storage, 3(4), Article 2.
Documentation
- [3] Btrfs Developers. (2026). BTRFS Documentation. Read the Docs Internal Specifications.
- [4] Btrfs Developers. (2026). btrfs-dev-docs. GitHub.
Articles
- [5] Bacik, J. (2012). Btrfs: The Swiss army knife of storage. ;login:, 37(1), 7–15.
- [6] Espino, J. (2026). Filesystems: Btrfs. Btrfs | Internals for Interns.
Other
- [7] Rodeh, O. (2012). bt. GitHub.