Difference between revisions of "Aaru Data Preservation Suite"

	Media dump software and disc image manager
Homepage:	https://aaru.app/
Source Code:	https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru
License:	GPL and LGPL
Platforms:	Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD
Function:	Backup,Disk Imaging,Metadata Extraction
Content type:	Disk Image,Software

Latest revision as of 16:08, 18 November 2021

Description

Aaru is a tool designed to manage disc images created from any kind of media (optical, block, etc).

It can dump media from CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives (aka optical media), as well as almost any storage device that connects via SCSI, ATA, SATA, USB or FireWire.

It can also read and analyze several disk image formats from different manufacturers, for checksumming, comparison (even between different formats), or creating XML metadata for database consumption.

Last but not least it can recognize and identify almost all known partition table formats and file systems and show information about them, with support for accessing the files contained in those file systems getting added steadily, with a priority on archaic and uncommon filesystems, being the first software able to read the Lisa filesystem after its original operating system was deprecated.

This tool used to be called "DiscImageChef".

User Experiences

https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=36078

Development Activity

The tool is LGPL for the data portions and GPL for the user interface with all development. All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2025-11-21 01:16:38: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/18923203/v6.0.0-alpha15.1 v6.0.0-alpha15.1]; by claunia
2025-11-21 01:52:34: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/18923203/v6.0.0-alpha.15.1 v6.0.0-alpha.15.1]; by claunia
2025-11-21 00:29:37: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/18923203/v6.0.0-alpha.15 v6.0.0-alpha.15]; by claunia

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2025-12-01 12:55:34: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/dd7d2f53ad78bd3fa637420552cb8e6872fe1f21 Added Sony HyperStorage media type.]; by claunia https://github.com/claunia
2025-12-01 12:55:12: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/1689c6dd806062de659c4be7a61c54e2ee70e6f6 Show absolute LBA in verify image with tracks.]; by claunia https://github.com/claunia
2025-11-30 11:38:40: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/f1121d6ecc65e1de204a6fcbb47513b9816d375f generate UI.Designer.cs]; by FakeShemp https://github.com/FakeShemp
2025-11-30 11:38:40: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/d671dab7887c39865e1470fe92ba0e71cb924de8 Fix typo]; by FakeShemp https://github.com/FakeShemp
2025-11-30 11:38:40: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/96416b010767a3be39aa68b04f1b688ffec463ec Add Spanish translation of Lite-On string]; by FakeShemp https://github.com/FakeShemp

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 == Description ==
-DiscImageChef is a tool designed to manage disc images created from any kind of media (optical, block, etc).
+<!-- Describe the what the tool does, focusing on it's digital preservation value. Keep it factual. -->
+Aaru is a tool designed to manage disc images created from any kind of media (optical, block, etc).
 It can dump media from CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives (aka optical media), as well as almost any storage device that connects via SCSI, ATA, SATA, USB or FireWire.
-It can also read and analyze several disk image formats from different manufacturers, for checksumming, comparison (even between different formats), or creating XML metadata for database comsuption.
+It can also read and analyze several disk image formats from different manufacturers, for checksumming, comparison (even between different formats), or creating XML metadata for database consumption.
 Last but not least it can recognize and identify almost all known partition table formats and file systems and show information about them, with support for accessing the files contained in those file systems getting added steadily, with a priority on archaic and uncommon filesystems, being the first software able to read the Lisa filesystem after its original operating system was deprecated.
+This tool used to be called "DiscImageChef".
 == User Experiences ==
-https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=36078
+<!-- Add hotlinks to user experiences with the tool (eg. blog posts). These should illustrate the effectiveness (or otherwise) of the tool. Use a bullet list. -->
+*https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=36078
 == Development Activity ==
-The tool is LGPL for the data portions and GPL for the user interface with all development visible in https://github.com/claunia/DiscImageChef
+<!-- Provide *evidence* of development activity of the tool. For example, RSS feeds for code issues or commits. -->
+The tool is LGPL for the data portions and GPL for the user interface with all development.
+All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru
+=== Release Feed ===
+Below the last 3 release feeds:
+<rss max=3>https://github.com/aaru-dps/Aaru/releases.atom</rss>
+=== Activity Feed ===
+Below the last 5 commits:
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