MFTLib 0.2.0
dotnet add package MFTLib --version 0.2.0
NuGet\Install-Package MFTLib -Version 0.2.0
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<PackageReference Include="MFTLib" Version="0.2.0" />
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<PackageVersion Include="MFTLib" Version="0.2.0" />
<PackageReference Include="MFTLib" />
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paket add MFTLib --version 0.2.0
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#r "nuget: MFTLib, 0.2.0"
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#:package MFTLib@0.2.0
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#addin nuget:?package=MFTLib&version=0.2.0
#tool nuget:?package=MFTLib&version=0.2.0
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MFTLib
Fast NTFS MFT (Master File Table) enumeration library for Windows. Parses MFT records via raw volume access with a native C++ core, multi-threaded parsing, and double-buffered I/O.
Features
- Direct MFT parsing via raw volume access (no Windows Search or
FindFirstFile) - Native C++ I/O with parallel fixup and parsing across all CPU cores
- Double-buffered reads to overlap I/O with compute
- Native-side filename filtering (exact match or contains, case-insensitive)
- Native-side full path resolution
- Configurable buffer sizes for tuning memory/performance tradeoffs
- Benchmarked at 2.6M+ records/sec on 8M record synthetic MFT (Ryzen 9 7950X3D, Samsung 990 PRO)
Requirements
- Windows (NTFS volumes)
- .NET 8.0+
- Administrator privileges (raw volume access)
Usage
using MFTLib;
// Open a volume and search for .git directories
using var volume = MftVolume.Open("C");
var records = volume.FindByName(".git", MatchFlags.ExactMatch | MatchFlags.ResolvePaths, out var timings);
foreach (var record in records.Where(r => r.IsDirectory))
Console.WriteLine(record.FullPath);
Console.WriteLine($"Found {records.Length} matches in {timings.NativeTotalMs:F0}ms");
Read all records (unfiltered)
using var volume = MftVolume.Open("C");
var records = volume.ReadAllRecords(out var timings);
Configure buffer size
using var volume = MftVolume.Open("C", bufferSizeRecords: 65536); // 64MB buffers (default is 262144 = 256MB)
var records = volume.ReadAllRecords();
Building from source
Requires Visual Studio 2022 with C++ workload. Always build with MSBuild (not dotnet build) since the native C++ DLL cannot be built by the .NET CLI:
MSBuild.exe MFTLib.sln -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x64
License
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
|---|---|
| .NET | net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 was computed. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed. |
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
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net8.0
- No dependencies.
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