Parch USB Formatter

A modern GTK4/Libadwaita utility to format USB drives and memory cards on Linux. Built for Parch Linux but works on any distribution.

Features

• Detect removable drives via UDisks2
• Format with FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, ext4, btrfs, or XFS
• Set volume labels and choose quick or full format
• Clean Adwaita interface with confirmation dialogs

Building

meson setup build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install

Dependencies: glib-2.68+, gio-2.68+, gtk4-4.6+, libadwaita-1.2+, UDisks2

Security

Formatting destroys data permanently. The app requires system D-Bus access to UDisks2 and must be run as your regular user (PolicyKit handles elevation). Review the SECURITY.md for details on the security model and reporting vulnerabilities.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. See LICENSE for the full text.