dsfs

An experimental Filesystem in USErspace (FUSE) with Discord attachments using cgofuse.

⚠️ Use at your own risk! This is an unfinished project and only for research or recreational purposes only.

Files are backed on Discord with a very primitive append-only filesystem.

This is considered pre-alpha software and there will be bugs pertaining to synchronization and functionality.

Here is a blog post going over some implementation details: FUSEing for fun

Building

Go 1.18+ is required due to the use of generics.

Windows cgo

Prerequisites: WinFsp, gcc (e.g. from Mingw-builds)

set CPATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\WinFsp\inc\fuse
go build

Windows !cgo

Prerequisites: WinFsp

set CGO_ENABLED=0
go build

macOS

Prerequisites: FUSE for macOS, command line tools

go build

Linux

Prerequisites: libfuse-dev, gcc

go build

Usage

A drive letter is chosen for Windows if the mount point is not provided.

To run:

dsfs -t <Bot token> -s <Server ID> -m <Mount point>

To run with user token:

dsfs -t <Bot token> -s <Server ID> -m <Mount point> -u

To run with transaction compaction:

dsfs -t <Bot token> -s <Server ID> -m <Mount point> -x

To run with FUSE options:

dsfs -t <Bot token> -s <Server ID> -m <Mount point> -o <FUSE option>

To get more information about the available options:

dsfs --help

You can also use DSFS_TOKEN and DSFS_SERVER environment variables in place of -t and -s flags.

# use `set` instead of `export` on Windows
export DSFS_TOKEN=<Bot token>
export DSFS_SERVER=<Server ID>
dsfs -m <Mount point>

Common fixes to issues

• If you are using a bot token, you must allow the Message Content Intent for your bot in the Discord Developer Portal.
• If you are having problems with realtime file synchronization, make sure you are using a different token for each instance of dsfs.
• If you are experiencing slow startup times, try using the -c flag to compact transactions.
• If you are using Windows and encountering errors with FUSE, try updating WinFsp to the latest version.