dorssel/usbipd-win
Windows software for sharing locally connected USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 39
- 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: 57
- age_days: 2145
- days_rel: 326
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
6068 stars · 368 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
usbipd-win is a Windows service and command-line tool that shares locally connected USB devices over the network using the USB/IP protocol. It enables attaching USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2 instances.
Use cases
- attach a USB device to WSL 2
- share a USB device with a Hyper-V virtual machine
- pass a USB dongle to a remote Linux machine over the network
- use a USB serial adapter inside a Linux VM on Windows
- forward USB devices to a virtual machine for development
- connect a USB programmer or debugger to WSL
When to choose
- you need USB devices inside WSL 2 or Hyper-V guests on Windows
- you want to share USB hardware across machines over a network
- you need persistent USB device sharing on a Windows host
When to avoid
- you need USB sharing on Linux or macOS as the host (this is Windows-only server software)
- you need a graphical interface for device management
- you need client-side USBIP tooling for Windows (this project only provides the server side)
Facets
service · maturity active
networking cli developer-tools windows developer-tools windows cli usb-over-ip usbip wsl2 hyper-v usb-device-sharing device-passthrough virtualization
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win · fetched 2026-08-28 · 40f9a3542b34
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dorssel/usbipd-win | main | 78 |
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