Default file system used in various operating systems.
| Release year | File system | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | George 3 | ||
| 1971 | DECtape / OS/8 | ||
| 1972 | ODS-1 | ||
| 1974 | CP/M file system | ||
| 1980 | FAT12, but logically format incompatible with MS-DOS/PC DOS. | ||
| 1981 | FAT12 | ||
| 1982 | FAT12 | ||
| 1982 | Commodore DOS | ||
| 1984 | FAT16 | ||
| 1984 | Macintosh File System (MFS) | ||
| 1985 | Modified FAT12 | ||
| 1985 | Hierarchical File System (HFS) | ||
| 1987 | Compaq MS-DOS 3.31 | FAT16B | |
| 1988 | AmigaOS v1.3 | Amiga Fast File System (FFS) | |
| 1989 | OS/2 v1.2 | High Performance File System (HPFS) | |
| 1989 | HTFS | ||
| 1990 | FAT16B | ||
| 1993 | ext2 | ||
| 1993 | ext2 | ||
| 1993 | UFS1 | ||
| 1993 | Windows NT 3.1 | NTFS 1.0 | |
| 1994 | NTFS 1.1 | ||
| 1995 | FAT16B with VFAT | ||
| 1996 | NTFS 1.2 | ||
| 1998 | HFS Plus (HFS+) | ||
| 1998 | FAT32 with VFAT | ||
| 2000 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 6.4 | ReiserFS[1] [2] | |
| 2000 | FAT32 with VFAT | ||
| 2000 | NTFS 3.0 | ||
| 2000 | ext4 | ||
| 2000 | ext3 | ||
| 2000 | ext3 | ||
| 2001 | NTFS 3.1 but FAT32 was also common | ||
| 2002 | ext4 | ||
| 2002 | ext4 | ||
| 2003 | UFS2 | ||
| 2003 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2003 | ext3 | ||
| 2004 | ext3 | ||
| 2004 | OverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2 | ||
| 2004 | ext3 | ||
| 2005 | ext3 | ||
| 2005 | SquashFS | ||
| 2006 | FAT32+ | ||
| 2006 | ext4 | ||
| 2006 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2006 | SUSE Linux Enterprise 11openSUSE 10.2 | ext3[3] [4] | |
| 2007 | ext3 | ||
| 2007 | ext4 | ||
| 2008 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2008 | ext4 | ||
| 2008 | ZFS | ||
| 2009 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2009 | ext4 | ||
| 2009 | ext4 | ||
| 2009 | ext4 | ||
| 2009 | ext4 | ||
| 2009 | Fedora 11 | ext4[5] | |
| 2010 | SquashFS | ||
| 2011 | ext4 | ||
| 2011 | UFS1 | ||
| 2011 | ext2 | ||
| 2012 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2013 | ext4 | ||
| 2013 | ext2 | ||
| 2014 | OverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2 | ||
| 2014 | XFS[6] | ||
| 2014 | XFS | ||
| 2015 | NTFS 3.1 | ||
| 2015 | Fedora 22 | Combination: ext4 (Fedora Workstation and Cloud), XFS (Fedora Server)[7] | |
| 2015 | Combination: Btrfs (for system) and XFS (for home). | ||
| 2016 | APFS | ||
| 2017 | APFS | ||
| 2019 | XFS[8] | ||
| 2020 | Btrfs (Fedora Workstation)[9] | ||
| 2021 | NTFS 3.1 |