# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/free-ntfs-for-mac
Homepage: https://hoochanlon.github.io/Free-NTFS-for-Mac
Language: TypeScript
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: ntfs, arm, m1, ntfs-3g, nigate, ntfsformac, macfuse, ntfstool, macntfs, ntfs-write, disk, ext4, anylinuxfs, intel, x64, x86
Last push: 2026-07-31T06:28:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 67, longevity 96
- inputs: {"age_days": 1351, "days_push": 33, "days_rel": 222, "gap_med": 1.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2376, forks 166 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.052538+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, gui, cli, developer-tools
- domain: files, operating-systems, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: ntfs, ntfs-write, macfuse, ntfs-3g, apple-silicon, disk-mounting, electron-app, macos, desktop, electron

## Member repositories
- hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.052538+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:59.715908+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hoochanlon/Free-NTFS-for-Mac (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.052538+00:00, sha 80ec4ddeeeff)
  - homepage: https://hoochanlon.github.io/Free-NTFS-for-Mac (fetched 2026-08-29T10:16:14.954035+00:00, sha 799418cf7966)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.