# keirf/greaseweazle

Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level

Repository: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/greaseweazle
Language: Python
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-16T10:18:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 38, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3087, "days_push": 78, "days_rel": 259, "gap_med": 138, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1383, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.642387+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: hardware, files, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: python, windows, cli
- tags: floppy-disk, flux-level, usb-device, retro-computing, disk-archiving, disk-imaging, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- keirf/greaseweazle (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.642387+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 2026-08-30T04:40:02.747053+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keirf/greaseweazle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.642387+00:00, sha dd88c87fd072)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.