# slacka/WoeUSB

WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501's WinUSB.

Repository: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/woeusb
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-05-30T06:18:59+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": 4173, "days_push": 1921, "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 3375, forks 300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:58.488031+00:00)

## What it is
WoeUSB is a tool for creating bootable Windows USB installers from ISO images or DVDs on Linux. This original repository has been moved to the WoeUSB GitHub organization and is no longer maintained here.

## Use cases
- create a bootable windows usb installer from an iso on linux
- burn a windows iso to a usb stick
- make windows installation media from a dvd
- write windows iso to usb drive from linux

## When to choose
- you need the historical source of the original WoeUSB for reference or packaging from the obsoleted branch

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained tool - use WoeUSB at github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB or WoeUSB-ng instead
- you need the wxWidgets GUI frontend, which is unmaintained

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, gui, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli
- tags: usb-bootable-drive, windows-installer, deprecated-repository, moved-project, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- slacka/WoeUSB (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:58.488031+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 2026-08-29T18:39:44.278956+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:58.488031+00:00, sha 4a5f78596039)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.