nbdkit

Network Block Device server toolkit with stable ABI and permissive license

nbdkit is a toolkit for creating Network Block Device servers. The key features are: * Multithreaded NBD server written in C with good performance. * Minimal dependencies for the basic server. * Liberal license (BSD) allows nbdkit to be linked to proprietary libraries or included in proprietary code. * Well-documented, simple plugin API with a stable ABI guarantee. Lets you export "unconventional" block devices easily. * You can write plugins in C, Go, Lua, Perl, Python, OCaml, Ruby, Rust, shell script or Tcl. * Filters can be stacked in front of plugins to transform the output.