Default file system used in various operating systems.
Release year
Operating system
File system
1968
George 3
George 3
1971
OS/8
DECtape / OS/8
1972
RSX-11
ODS-1
1974
CP/M
CP/M file system
1980
86-DOS
FAT12, but logically format incompatible with MS-DOS/PC DOS.
1981
PC DOS 1.0
FAT12
1982
MS-DOS 1.25
FAT12
1982
Commodore 64 / 1541
Commodore DOS (CBM DOS)
1984
PC DOS 3.0 / MS-DOS 3.0
FAT16
1984
Classic Mac OS
Macintosh File System (MFS)
1985
Atari TOS
Modified FAT12
1985
Classic Mac OS
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
SCO UNIX
HTFS
1990
Windows 3.0 / 3.1x
FAT16B
1993
Slackware
ext2
1993
Debian GNU/Linux
ext2
1993
FreeBSD v1-v5.0
UFS1
1993
Windows NT 3.1
NTFS 1.0
1994
Windows NT 3.5
NTFS 1.1
1995
Windows 95
FAT16B with VFAT
1996
Windows NT 4.0
NTFS 1.2
1998
Mac OS 8.1 / macOS
HFS Plus (HFS+)
1998
Windows 98
FAT32 with VFAT
2000
SUSE Linux Enterprise 6.4
ReiserFS[1][2]
2000
Windows Me
FAT32 with VFAT
2000
Windows 2000
NTFS 3.0
2000
Ututo GNU/Linux
ext4
2000
Knoppix
ext3
2000
Red Hat Linux
ext3
2001
Windows XP
NTFS 3.1 but FAT32 was also common
2002
Arch Linux
ext4
2002
Gentoo Linux
ext4
2003
FreeBSD v5.1-v9
UFS2
2003
Windows Server 2003
NTFS 3.1
2003
Fedora Core 1
ext3
2004
Ubuntu 4.10
ext3
2004
OpenWrt
OverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2
2004
CentOS 3
ext3
2005
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
ext3
2005
dyne
SquashFS
2006
OpenDOS 7.01.08
FAT32+
2006
gNewSense
ext4
2006
Windows Vista
NTFS 3.1
2006
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
openSUSE 10.2
ext3[3][4]
2007
Slackware 12
ext3
2007
Trisquel
ext4
2008
Windows Server 2008
NTFS 3.1
2008
Musix GNU/Linux
ext4
2008
Nexenta OS
ZFS
2009
Windows 7
NTFS 3.1
2009
Parabola GNU/Linux
ext4
2009
openSUSE 11
ext4
2009
Slackware 13
ext4
2009
Ubuntu 9.10
ext4
2009
Fedora 11
ext4[5]
2010
LibreWRT
SquashFS
2011
CentOS 6
ext4
2011
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
UFS1
2011
Arch Hurd
ext2
2012
Windows 8
NTFS 3.1
2013
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
ext4
2013
Debian GNU/Hurd
ext2
2014
libreCMC
OverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2
2014
RHEL 7
XFS[6]
2014
CentOS 7
XFS
2015
Windows 10
NTFS 3.1
2015
Fedora 22
Combination: ext4 (Fedora Workstation and Cloud), XFS (Fedora Server)[7]
2015
OpenSUSE 42.1
Combination: Btrfs (for system) and XFS (for home).
2016
iOS 10.3
APFS
2017
macOS High Sierra (10.13)
APFS
2019
RHEL 8
XFS[8]
2020
Fedora 33
Btrfs (Fedora Workstation)[9]
2021
Windows 11
NTFS 3.1
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