hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac
Nigate: An open-source NTFS utility for Mac. It supports all Mac models (Intel and Apple Silicon), providing full read-write access, mounting, and management for NTFS drives. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 67
- Longevity 96
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: 1.5
- age_days: 1351
- days_rel: 222
- days_push: 33
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
2376 stars · 166 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Nigate is an open-source Electron GUI utility for macOS that enables full read-write access to NTFS drives on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. It wraps NTFS mounting tools with a modern interface offering automatic device detection, one-click read-write mounting, and dependency management.
Use cases
- write to NTFS drives on a Mac
- mount Windows-formatted external drives read-write on macOS
- enable NTFS support on Apple Silicon M1/M2 Macs
- automatically mount NTFS USB drives in read-write mode
- manage NTFS disks without paying for Paragon NTFS
- fix permissions and mount ext4 or other filesystems on Mac
When to choose
- you need free NTFS read-write support on macOS
- you want a GUI instead of manual terminal commands
- you use Apple Silicon or Intel Macs and need broad model support
- you want automatic mounting of NTFS devices on insertion
When to avoid
- you need in-place editing of files directly on NTFS drives via the GUI (use the ninja scripts or atomic-write editors instead)
- you require guaranteed enterprise-grade data integrity with low-quality USB drives
- you are not comfortable granting administrator privileges for mounting
Facets
application · maturity active
file-system gui cli developer-tools files operating-systems developer-tools cross-platform ntfs ntfs-write macfuse ntfs-3g apple-silicon disk-mounting electron-app macos desktop electron
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac · fetched 2026-08-28 · 80ec4ddeeeff
- homepage: https://hoochanlon.github.io/Free-NTFS-for-Mac · fetched 2026-08-29 · 799418cf7966
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac | main | 85 |
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