<s>
Dokan	O
(	O
,	O
"	O
earthen	O
pipe	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
interface	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
lets	O
programmers	O
create	O
virtual	B-Application
file	I-Application
systems	I-Application
without	O
writing	O
a	O
kernel-level	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
achieved	O
by	O
running	O
file	O
system	O
code	O
in	O
user	B-Operating_System
space	I-Operating_System
while	O
the	O
Dokan	O
kernel	O
driver	O
translates	O
the	O
request	O
for	O
Windows	O
Kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
FUSE	B-Application
file	O
system	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
wrapper	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
with	O
Cygwin	B-Language
and	O
MinGW	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dokan	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
and	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
it	O
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
on	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
called	O
DokanX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
DokanX	O
slowed	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
French	O
company	O
ISLOG	O
took	O
over	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
fork	B-Application
called	O
Dokany	O
,	O
actively	O
maintained	O
by	O
Adrien	O
Jund	O
(	O
aka	O
"	O
Liryna	O
Stark	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
formerly	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
co-maintained	O
by	O
Maxime	O
Chamley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dokan	O
is	O
particularly	O
useful	O
for	O
writing	O
to	O
a	O
Virtual	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
without	O
requiring	O
Windows	O
Kernel	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
absolutely	O
virtual	O
using	O
memory	O
like	O
a	O
ramdisk	B-Application
or	O
show	O
remote	O
data	O
like	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
Samba	B-Language
,	O
and	O
databases	O
as	O
local	O
storage	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
listed	O
,	O
read	O
,	O
written	O
,	O
and	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dokan	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
.	O
It	O
provides	O
bindings	O
in	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Rust	B-Application
.	O
</s>
