NestGate
Storage
Content-addressed storage and filesystem — B-tree indices, journal WAL, deduplication, and encryption at rest. Replaces SQLite, LevelDB, and FUSE layers.
299,289lines of Rust
13,070test functions
1716files
23crates
Tier: foundation
Capabilities
| Category | Primitives |
|---|---|
| Storage | Content-addressed blobs (BLAKE3), deduplication, tiered storage (HDD → SSD → NVMe → RAM) |
| ZFS | Snapshots (100 in 0.17s), compression, quota, pool management |
| Discovery | Isomorphic IPC (Unix/TCP/abstract auto-detect), MCP provider, multi-family sockets |
| Caching | AI model cache for Squirrel (download, store, retrieve via JSON-RPC) |
Composes Into
Nest Atomic (with Tower), NUCLEUS, RootPulse, federation
Pure RustAGPL-3.0Zero C depsFoundation tier
Connections
Outbound
- composes into Tower Atomic
- composes into NUCLEUS
- stores for rhizoCrypt
- stores for Squirrel
- stores for sweetGrass
Inbound
- dispatches biomeOS
- stores for rhizoCrypt
- stores for Squirrel