ifd3f/caligula

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2248 stars · 36 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Caligula is a lightweight, user-friendly terminal UI tool for writing disk images to removable drives. It handles disk detection, decompression, hash verification, and post-write validation with an interactive interface.

Use cases

• burn an iso to a usb drive from the terminal
• write a disk image to sd card safely
• verify checksum of an iso before flashing
• decompress and burn a compressed os image
• list attached disks and pick one to image
• avoid accidentally overwriting the wrong disk

When to choose

• you want an interactive, safe alternative to dd for flashing images
• you need built-in hash verification and post-write validation
• you want a small, fast, cross-platform CLI tool with a TUI

When to avoid

• you need a GUI disk imager like balenaEtcher
• you need advanced partitioning or multi-image management features
• you need non-interactive scripted burning with complex automation

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli file-system compression developer-tools files windows cross-platform cli rust disk-imaging tui bootable-usb burning hash-verification terminal-ui command-line linux macos

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