# martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe

nwipe secure disk eraser

Repository: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nwipe
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-09-02T06:54:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4744, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 49, "gap_med": 123.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1212, forks 123 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:14.750073+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, cli
- domain: security, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: disk-erasure, data-destruction, ncurses, dban-fork, secure-delete, linux

## Member repositories
- martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.750073+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 2026-08-30T06:18:04.348551+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:14.750073+00:00, sha a5ee6a66a522)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.