keirf/greaseweazle

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

Host tools for the Greaseweazle, an open-source USB device that reads and writes raw flux-level data on nearly any type of floppy disk. The Python-based `gw` command-line tool controls the device for reading, writing, and erasing floppy disks.

Use cases

• read floppy disks to image files at the raw flux level
• write disk images back to real floppy disks
• archive and preserve old floppy disk collections
• convert between floppy disk formats
• erase floppy disks
• access a floppy drive over USB from Windows, macOS, or Linux

When to choose

• you need flux-level access to floppy disks for archival or preservation
• you want to read or write non-standard or copy-protected floppy formats
• you own or plan to build a Greaseweazle USB device
• you need cross-platform floppy disk imaging tooling

When to avoid

• you only need to read standard disk image files without real floppy hardware
• you need to work with modern storage media rather than floppy disks
• you want a purely software-based disk image converter with no hardware

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli file-system developer-tools hardware files developer-tools cross-platform python windows cli floppy-disk flux-level usb-device retro-computing disk-archiving disk-imaging macos linux

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