nvme-cli and libnvme

NVM-Express user space tooling for Linux: the nvme command line tool and the libnvme library it's built on, including NVMe-oF fabrics support and vendor plugins.

For more information on the NVM Express standard, see https://nvmexpress.org.

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nvme-cli:

libnvme:

Reports

• Static analysis
  • [clang-analyzer]
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• Test coverage
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Quick start

$ meson setup .build
$ meson compile -C .build
# meson install -C .build

It is also packaged by most Linux distributions (Alpine, Arch, Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Nix(OS), openSUSE, ...) as nvme-cli.

Once installed, find the top-level documentation with man nvme, or a short summary with nvme help.

Documentation

Topic	Where
Building from source: dependencies, alternative build systems, packaging, plugin selection	Documentation/BUILDING.md
Configuring host identity, NVMe-oF connections, and multi-orchestrator coordination	Documentation/CONFIGURATION.md
Pre-built binaries, reproducing CI builds, memory/sanitizer testing	Documentation/TESTING.md
libnvme coverage against NVMe specifications, chapter by chapter	Documentation/SPEC-COVERAGE.md
Command/plugin man pages	man nvme, or browse Documentation/
Contributing: adding commands/plugins, API naming, commit & PR workflow	CONTRIBUTING.md
Reporting security vulnerabilities	SECURITY.md
Release history	NEWS.md

AI-assisted development resources live in the companion repository nvme-cli-ai; see CONTRIBUTING.md for how they fit into the workflow.