# dorssel/usbipd-win

Windows software for sharing locally connected USB devices to other machines, including Hyper-V guests and WSL 2.

Repository: https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/usbipd-win
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: windows, usb, usbip, usbip-win, hyper-v, usbipd, wsl, wsl2
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:36:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 39, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2145, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 326, "gap_med": 57, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6068, forks 368 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.745547+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: networking, cli, developer-tools
- domain: windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: usb-over-ip, usbip, wsl2, hyper-v, usb-device-sharing, device-passthrough, virtualization

## Member repositories
- dorssel/usbipd-win (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.745547+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 2026-08-29T17:48:42.999707+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.745547+00:00, sha 40f9a3542b34)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.