What is new in afpfs-ng-0.9.3, February 8, 2026

Stateless Client Library

• The stateless client library (libafpsl.so) together with the stateless client daemon (afpsld) have been (re)introduced and thoroughly reworked to provide a more robust and efficient way to interact with AFP servers without maintaining a persistent connection.
• The stateless client daemon has gotten a unique name (afpsld) to allow it to coexist with the FUSE client daemon (afpfsd), while removing all FUSE client-specific code and dependencies from the former.

afpcmd Client Improvements

• The afpcmd client has been reworked to use the new stateless client library and daemon, rather than calling the midlevel API directly. This allows for better error handling and stability, and also turns afpcmd into a reference implementation and showcase for the stateless client library.
• Implemented password changing with all UAMs that support it, using the previously ineffective pass command.
• Two-way batch file transfers from the command line.
• Introduced support for password-protected volumes.
• Introduced verbose mode with -V or –verbose that prints detailed information about file transfers, while adding a summary of the transfer at the end.
• Removed the ineffectual user command for changing the user on the fly.
• Removed “synonyms” for commands (e.g. del for rm) to reduce the clutter and complexity of the command set.

FUSE Client Improvements

• Added support for libfuse 2.9 with older versions of macFUSE / OSXFUSE on macOS (although not fully tested).
• Made the client sensitive to loglevels set by the afpfsd manager daemon.
• Remapped afp_client volpass option from -V to -P to avoid overlap with the new verbose mode in afpcmd.

Library Improvements

• Fixed bug that prevented the use of 8-char passwords with the Randnum UAMs.
• Scrub all passwords from memory immediately after use.
• Fallback to guest (nobody) auth if no credentials are provided, and the server allows guest access.
• Full implementation of Precomposed UTF-8 to Decomposed UTF-8 conversion.
• Changed the UAM shorthand for 2-Way Randnum from 2wayrandnum to randnum2.
• Removed unused GNU GMP and ncurses dependencies.
• Many memory safety and reliability improvements.

What’s Changed

• pass buffer length to pascal conversion functions consistently by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/118
• restore workaround for netatalk UTF-8 server names by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/119
• Revert “Remove obsoleted daemon subdir” by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/124
• overhaul stateless client library and daemon, implement it in afpcmd by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/120
• better robustness during file transfers in both clients by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/125
• fix double-free bug in find_dirid_by_fullname by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/123
• correct log level filtering logic in the FUSE client by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/122
• purge superfluous dependencies from build system by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/126
• compatibility with older glibc, error handling and memory safety by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/128
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/130
• file transfer verbose mode for afpcmd, logging improvements by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/129
• Memory Safety Improvements to Unicode string handling functions by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/131
• initialize logger structure before attempting to use in FUSE client by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/134
• improve logging routines in FUSE daemon and client by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/136
• build(deps): bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.3.7 to 1.3.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/138
• build(deps): bump vmactions/openbsd-vm from 1.3.1 to 1.3.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/139
• build(deps): bump vmactions/netbsd-vm from 1.3.1 to 1.3.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/140
• compatibility with libfuse v2 on macOS by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/135
• stateless client disconnect, afpcmd user auth refactor by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/137
• implementation of password changing for all UAMs and Stateless library by @rdmark in https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/pull/142

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Netatalk/afpfs-ng/compare/0.9.2…0.9.3

Downloads

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Footnotes

Release published on 2026-02-08

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