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OpenSuperClone
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A powerful data recovery utility for Linux with many advanced features based on <a href="https://www.hddsuperclone.com/">Scott Dwyer's HDDSuperClone</a>.
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<a href="#-features">✨ Features</a> •
<a href="#-installation">💾 Installation</a> •
<a href="#-documentation">📖 Documentation</a> •
<a href="#%EF%B8%8F-changelog">✏️ Changelog</a> •
<a href="#-credits">💵 Credits</a> •
<a href="#-license">📄 License</a>
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<img src="./doc/opensuperclone.gif" alt="Size Limit CLI" width="738">
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## ✨ Features
* Advanced drive <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Clone-Mode">cloning</a> capability akin to that of ddrescue
* <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Virtual-Disk-Mode">Virtual Disk Mode</a> for targeted data extraction
* <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Direct-Modes">Direct AHCI/IDE</a> capability to circumvent OS drivers
* <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Relay-Operation">USB Relay Control</a> for automatic power cycling of drives
* <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Script-Reference">Script Engine</a> for advanced interaction with drives
#### 📋 Planned Changes
See the <a href="https://github.com/users/ISpillMyDrink/projects/2">Roadmap</a> for a list of planned changes.
## 💾 Installation
Pre-built DEB and RPM packages for OpenSuperClone can be found on the <a href=https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/releases>Release</a> page.
Instructions for installing OpenSuperClone from source can be found on the <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki/Compiling-from-Source">Wiki</a>.
Alternatively to installing OpenSuperClone, a <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuperclone-live/">Linux Live ISO</a> containing the project is now provided by <a href="https://sourceforge.net/u/xak77/profile/">xak77</a>.
## 📖 Documentation
Documentation for OpenSuperClone can be found on the <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/wiki">Wiki</a>.
Note that the Wiki is currently a work-in-progress and incomplete.
## ✏️ Changelog
#### OpenSuperClone 2.5.1 (Work-In-Progress)
* OSCDriver 2.6.8: add support up to kernel 6.18.0 (thanks to <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/pull/30">piernov</a>)
* Add ability to save and load recovery settings, and change default settings for program start
* OSCViewer: performance improvements and improved UI
#### OpenSuperClone 2.5
* Implemented DKMS for driver installation
* OSCDriver 2.6.6: add support up to kernel 6.11.0 (thanks to <a href="https://github.com/ISpillMyDrink/OpenSuperClone/pull/19">piernov</a>)
* Disabling the USB Mass Storage driver now also disables the USB Attached SCSI driver
* Various UI improvements including tooltips for most controls and improved SMART, Analysis, and Identify views
* Added some more known SMART attributes and Identify flags
* Increased the maximum amount of retry runs from 8 to 1000 (useful for solid state recovery)
#### OpenSuperClone 2.4.1
* Fixed a bug where the UI labels would show bogus strings
#### OpenSuperClone 2.4
* Removal of licensing related code
* Implemented CMake as build system
* Switched from GTK2 to GTK3
* Replaced localization system with gettext
* OSCDriver 2.6.1: add support up to kernel 5.19.11 (thanks to <a href="https://github.com/piernov/">piernov</a>)
* Minor improvements to OSCViewer (color picker, minor graphical changes)
## 💵 Credits
Credit belongs to Scott Dwyer for his excellent work on <a href="https://www.hddsuperclone.com/">HDDSuperClone</a>,
and <a href="https://github.com/piernov/">piernov</a> for his work on updating the kernel module.
This project makes use of the following libraries/programs:
* GLADE (https://glade.gnome.org/)
* GTK (https://www.gtk.org/)
* libconfig (https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/)
* libintl (https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/)
* libusb (https://libusb.info/)
* Font Awesome (https://fontawesome.com/)
## 📄 License
This software is licensed under the [GPLv2](LICENSE).