shred - A cross-platform library for securely deleting files beyond recovery.

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Short description:

shred - A cross-platform library for securely deleting files beyond recovery.


Author and developer: Aleksandr Suvorov (Smart Legion).

mysmartlegion@ya.ru https://smartlegion.github.io/


Supported:

  • Linux: All
  • Windows: 7/8/10
  • Termux on Android

Requirements:


Sample programs:

  • shredi - Console utility for destroying files. Secure file overwriting, deletion, and destruction, both in manual and automatic modes, *without the possibility of recovery.

What's new?

shred v0.1.2

  • Added new modules.
  • Added new tests.
  • Dropped support for older versions.

Description:

A cross-platform library for securely deleting files beyond recovery.

Destruction, overwriting, and secure deletion may not be effective on some systems.

Use Linux for more reliable performance.

Allows you to create a console and graphical applications for file shredding, overwrite, secure deletion.

Support for Linux, Windows, Android(Termux). Once destroyed, the files are impossible (or almost impossible) to recover, even on expensive hardware.

You can use this package in any application where you want to overwrite the file with random data and safely delete it, for example, when encrypting, moving, or in other cases.

Be extremely careful when using it!


Help:


  • pip3 install shred
from shred.shredders import FileShredder

file = 'file.txt'
shredder = FileShredder()

destroy_status = shredder.destroy(file=file, rew=100)
remove_status = shredder.remove(file=file)

Termux support:

  • Utilities created with this package work without problems in Termux:
    • Shredi - Console utility for destroying files.

Windows support:

Windows 7/8/10

To destroy files on windows, the best is:

  • Create a bootable USB stick with live-linux.
  • Start in live-system.
  • Browse windows drives.
  • Safely overwrite or delete files.

Tests:

for run tests:

  • pip3 install pytest
  • pytest -v

For run test coverage:

  • pip3 install pytest-cov
  • pytest -cov

Test coverage: 100%!

Coverage Image


Links:


Disclaimer of liability:

  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
  AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
  DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
  DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
  SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
  CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
  OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Information:

Licensed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License

==========================================================
Copyright (c) 2018-2021, A.A Suvorov; All rights reserved.
==========================================================
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Releases(v0.1.2)
  • v0.1.2(Aug 20, 2021)

    shred


    GitHub top language GitHub release (latest by date) GitHub PyPI PyPI - Format PyPI - Downloads GitHub Repo stars GitHub watchers GitHub forks


    Help the project financially:

    PayPal Yandex Visa Donate


    Short description:

    shred - A cross-platform library for securely deleting files beyond recovery.


    Author and developer: Aleksandr Suvorov (Smart Legion).

    mysmartlegion@ya.ru https://smartlegion.github.io/


    Supported:

    • Linux: All
    • Windows: 7/8/10
    • Termux on Android

    Requirements:


    Sample programs:

    • shredi - Console utility for destroying files. Secure file overwriting, deletion, and destruction, both in manual and automatic modes, *without the possibility of recovery.

    What's new?

    shred v0.1.2

    • Added new modules.
    • Added new tests.
    • Dropped support for older versions.

    Description:

    A cross-platform library for securely deleting files beyond recovery.

    Destruction, overwriting, and secure deletion may not be effective on some systems.

    Use Linux for more reliable performance.

    Allows you to create a console and graphical applications for file shredding, overwrite, secure deletion.

    Support for Linux, Windows, Android(Termux). Once destroyed, the files are impossible (or almost impossible) to recover, even on expensive hardware.

    You can use this package in any application where you want to overwrite the file with random data and safely delete it, for example, when encrypting, moving, or in other cases.

    Be extremely careful when using it!


    Help:


    • pip3 install shred
    from shred.shredders import FileShredder
    
    file = 'file.txt'
    shredder = FileShredder()
    
    destroy_status = shredder.destroy(file=file, rew=100)
    remove_status = shredder.remove(file=file)
    

    Termux support:

    • Utilities created with this package work without problems in Termux:
      • Shredi - Console utility for destroying files.

    Windows support:

    Windows 7/8/10

    To destroy files on windows, the best is:

    • Create a bootable USB stick with live-linux.
    • Start in live-system.
    • Browse windows drives.
    • Safely overwrite or delete files.

    Tests:

    for run tests:

    • pip3 install pytest
    • pytest -v

    For run test coverage:

    • pip3 install pytest-cov
    • pytest -cov

    Test coverage: 100%!

    Coverage Image


    Links:


    Disclaimer of liability:

      THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
      AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
      IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
      DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
      FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
      DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
      SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
      CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
      OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
      OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    

    Information:

    Licensed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License
    
    ==========================================================
    Copyright (c) 2018-2021, A.A Suvorov; All rights reserved.
    ==========================================================
    
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