Overview
What is Dokany?
Dokany : Create file systems other than FAT and NTFS that can be viewed and managed in Windows as normal using this FUSE wrapper application
In depth
A closer look at Dokany
In case you create a file system – other than the standard ones, namley FAT or NTFS – then you need to develop a system driver that works in kernel mode on windows. Dokan Dokany Any file operation requests done from the user programs are sent to the Windows I/O subsystem, which works in the kernel by default, and then forwarded to the file system driver created via this tool. Employing the functions provided by the tool enables you to register additional callback operations to the said driver. Simply put, the driver invokes the callback routines to respond to the requests sent in this manner and sends them back to the user program.
Requirements
System requirements
Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7
Verdict
Should you download Dokany?
Dokany runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 42.1 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
Dokany specifications
- Publisher
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Dokan-dev
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 42.1 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 991
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