# ntfstool/ntfstool

A ntfs tool for mac

Repository: https://github.com/ntfstool/ntfstool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ntfstool
Homepage: https://ntfstool.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ntfs, ntfs-read, ntfstool, ntfsformac, macntfs
Last push: 2024-07-16T07:56:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2384, "days_push": 778, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4034, forks 307 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.832367+00:00)

## What it is
NTFS Tool is a free macOS desktop application that provides NTFS disk read-write, mounting, and management support for Mac, including Apple Silicon. It is built with Electron, Vue, and Element, offering a simple GUI for managing NTFS USB disks.

## Use cases
- read and write NTFS drives on a Mac
- mount NTFS USB disks on macOS
- manage NTFS disk capacity and unmount image disk files
- enable NTFS support on Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3 Macs
- get notifications when disk operations complete

## When to choose
- you need free NTFS read-write access on macOS
- you use Apple Silicon or Intel Macs with NTFS external drives
- you want a simple GUI instead of command-line NTFS tools

## When to avoid
- you need NTFS support on Linux or Windows
- you require a fully open-source driver stack rather than an app with proprietary driver components
- you need programmatic NTFS access from scripts

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, gui, developer-tools
- domain: files, operating-systems, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: ntfs, disk-mounting, apple-silicon, disk-management, usb-drives, macos, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- ntfstool/ntfstool (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.832367+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 2026-08-29T18:23:49.183677+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ntfstool/ntfstool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.832367+00:00, sha a32a9ff6778a)
  - homepage: https://ntfstool.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:43.444183+00:00, sha 9d89bd33b5e1)
  - site_page: https://ntfstool.com/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:43.455492+00:00, sha d16d0fd09f03)
  - site_page: https://ntfstool.com/install_agreement.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:43.457289+00:00, sha 507c3b795f9d)
  - site_page: https://ntfstool.com/changelog.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:43.453194+00:00, sha a955e756d04d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.