Command-line tool

squashfs

brew/squashfs

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Compressed read-only file system for Linux

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/squashfs-tools

macOS

brew install squashfs

Linux

brew install squashfs

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem (compressed using `gzip` by default)

mksquashfs path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ... filesystem.squashfs

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, using a specific [comp]ression algorithm

mksquashfs path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ... filesystem.squashfs -comp gzip

Create or append files and directories to a squashfs filesystem, [e]xcluding some of them

mksquashfs path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ... filesystem.squashfs -e file

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