GNU Parted

GNU Parted (from GNU partition editor) is a free partition editor, used for creating and deleting partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising hard disk usage, copying data between hard disks, and disk imaging. It was written by Andrew Clausen and Lennert Buytenhek.

GNU Parted
Original author(s)Andrew Clausen, Lennert Buytenhek
Developer(s)Various
Stable release
3.6  / 11 April 2023
RepositoryGNU Parted Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, GNU Hurd
TypePartition editor
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websitewww.gnu.org/software/parted/

It consists of a library, libparted, and a command-line front-end, parted, that also serves as a reference implementation.

Currently, GNU Parted runs only under Linux and GNU/Hurd.

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