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keirf/flashfloppy

Floppy drive emulator for Gotek hardware observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/keirf/flashfloppy · C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

55/100

  • Activity 57
  • Release rhythm 28
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 79
  • age_days: 4335
  • days_rel: 508
  • days_push: 260
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1606 stars · 239 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

FlashFloppy is open-source firmware that turns Gotek hardware into a floppy drive emulator for retro computers, synths, and industrial machinery. It reads and writes many disk image formats from a USB stick, replacing unreliable physical floppy disks.

Use cases

  • emulate a floppy drive on an Amiga or Atari ST using USB disk images
  • replace failing floppy disks on a retro PC with image files
  • load disk images into a vintage synthesizer or sampler
  • use a Gotek drive with multiple retro machine types
  • read and write various floppy image formats like ADF and IMG
  • configure flexible track layouts for raw sector images

When to choose

  • you own Gotek hardware and want the most widely supported floppy emulator
  • you need to boot or load software on retro machines without real floppies
  • you want an actively maintained, highly configurable emulator firmware

When to avoid

  • you need floppy emulation on hardware other than Gotek
  • you want a software-only emulator running on a modern PC
  • you need write support for exotic copy-protected formats not supported by the firmware

Facets

application · maturity stable

embedded file-system developer-tools hardware embedded-systems gaming-tools embedded cross-platform floppy-emulator gotek retro-computing disk-images firmware usb-stick

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
keirf/flashfloppymain55

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="keirf/flashfloppy")

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