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martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe

nwipe secure disk eraser observed · 2026-09-03

github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe · C · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-09-03

Health v2 · maintenance only

89/100

  • Activity 100
  • Release rhythm 69
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 123.5
  • age_days: 4744
  • days_rel: 49
  • days_push: 0
  • n_releases_24m: 5

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1212 stars · 123 forks observed · 2026-09-03

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

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
martijnvanbrummelen/nwipemain89

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markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe")

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