GNU Parted

GNU Parted manipulates partition tables. This is useful for creatingspace for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, copying dataon hard disks and disk imaging. The package contains a library,libparted, as well as a command-line frontend,parted, which canalso be used in scripts.

Downloads

Stable source releases are available on the main GNU download server(HTTPS, HTTP, FTP) and itsmirrors; pleaseuse a mirror if possible.

Documentation

Documentation for Parted is available online, asisdocumentation for most GNU software. You mayalso find more information about Parted by runninginfo partedorman parted, or by looking at/usr/doc/parted/,/usr/local/doc/parted/, or similar directories on your system.A brief summary is available by runningparted --help.

Source code

Parted usesGit as its source control system. You can browse the commits andsource on thegitweb interface, and you can clonethe repository using the following command:

git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git

Mailing lists

Parted has two mailing lists:

The main discussion list isparted-devel,and is used to discuss most aspects of Parted, including development and patches.Bug reports sent to <bug-parted@gnu.org>are automatically added to thedebbugs bug tracking systemand thebug-parted mailing list. For help using the debbugs systemsee thedebbugs page.

Announcements about Parted and most other GNU software are made oninfo-gnu mailing list.

Getting involved

Development of Parted, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. Forinformation, please readHow to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved,it's a good idea to join theparted-devel mailing list.

Test releases
Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases can be found on the GNU “alpha” server (HTTPS, HTTP, FTP) and itsmirrors.
Development
For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see theParted project page atsavannah.gnu.org.
Translating Parted
To translate Parted's messages into other languages, please see theTranslation Project page for Parted. If you have a new translation of the message strings, or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into Parted. For more information, see theTranslation Project.
Maintainer
Parted is currently being maintained by Phillip Susi and Brian C. Lane. Please use the mailing lists for contact.

Licensing

Parted is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under theterms of theGNU General Public Licenseas published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at youroption) any later version.