martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
nwipe secure disk eraser observed · 2026-10-22
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 74
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 101
- age_days: 4793
- days_rel: 19
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
1243 stars · 129 forks observed · 2026-10-22
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
nwipe is a secure disk eraser for Linux, a fork of DBAN's dwipe command, that wipes entire block devices using multiple erasure methods. It supports parallel wiping of multiple drives via a CLI or ncurses GUI and can generate PDF certificates of erasure.
Use cases
- securely erase a hard drive before disposal
- wipe multiple disks in parallel
- sanitize drives before redeployment
- generate a wipe certificate for compliance
- bootable USB drive eraser
When to choose
- you need to securely erase whole disks on Linux
- you want DBAN-style wiping with modern hardware support
- you need parallel wiping of many drives with verification logs
When to avoid
- you need to wipe individual files or free space only
- you need a Windows or macOS eraser
- you need SSD/NVMe secure erase without external tools like hdparm
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
security cli security privacy developer-tools cli disk-erasure data-destruction ncurses dban-fork secure-delete linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe · fetched 2026-10-22 · a5ee6a66a522
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe | main | 91 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe")
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