There is also a commercial attempt:
https://www.paragon-software.com/us/home/ntfs-linux-professi...
and even an attempt at wrapping Microsofts implementation (dead project):
The ntfs3 driver mentioned above is the former proprietary Paragon driver.
> The first was the classic, abandoned NTFS kernel driver.
Of which this is v2, an enhancement with R/W.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/21/ntfsplus_new_rw_drive...
IOW: not abandoned after all. Revived and improved, in ways I describe in the article above.
The first was the classic, abandoned NTFS kernel driver. It was removed from the kernel last year, but used to be found in fs/ntfs.
The second is FUSE-based ntfs-3g / ntfsprogs (which is the one which is most reliable). Unfortunately this is basically abandoned upstream.
The third is the fs/ntfs3 kernel driver, which we found in testing to be quite unreliable, although I was hoping it would improve.
Why I'm interested in all this is because reliable NTFS support, including writes, is vital for our virt-v2v product (https://pretalx.com/devconf-cz-2024/talk/SN93LG/)