# mayankk2308/purge-wrangler

AMD & NVIDIA eGPUs for all Thunderbolt Macs.

Repository: https://github.com/mayankk2308/purge-wrangler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/purge-wrangler
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: egpu, apple, amd, wrangler, patch, macos, thunderbolt, graphics, unblocker, purge, nvidia, mojave, catalina, nvidia-egpus, high-sierra
Last push: 2025-01-09T12:40:04+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": 3072, "days_push": 601, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1008, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.603250+00:00)

## What it is
A shell script that patches macOS to enable unsupported AMD and NVIDIA external GPU (eGPU) configurations on Thunderbolt Macs. It has been superseded by the Kryptonite project.

## Use cases
- enable nvidia egpu on macos
- use amd egpu on unsupported thunderbolt mac
- patch macos for external gpu support
- unblock nvidia web drivers on high sierra or mojave
- bypass macos egpu restrictions on catalina

## When to choose
- you need eGPU support on older macOS versions (10.13.4+) where Kryptonite may not apply
- you want a simple one-shot shell script patch and accept disabling SIP

## When to avoid
- you are on modern macOS - use Kryptonite instead, which supersedes this project
- you cannot or will not disable System Integrity Protection
- you have a T2 Mac and need Secure Boot enabled

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, security, developer-tools
- domain: hardware, apple-ecosystem, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: egpu, thunderbolt, nvidia, amd, kernel-patch, shell-script, superseded, macos

## Member repositories
- mayankk2308/purge-wrangler (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.603250+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 2026-08-30T07:12:12.101335+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mayankk2308/purge-wrangler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.603250+00:00, sha aa82952429a1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.