GreaseWeazle GUI for modern archiving
HamsterWeazle
HamsterWeazle gives GreaseWeazle a friendlier home: clean imaging workflows, smarter auto-detection, and fewer command-line detours when you just want to rescue disks and get back to the fun part.
- ✓ Read, write, erase, and verify floppy disks from one place.
- ✓ Auto Read probes common formats and starts the best full read automatically.
- ✓ Write Queue and Inbox keep repeat jobs and new images within easy reach.
- ✓ HxCFloppyEmulator integration makes disk images browsable without extra juggling.
Downloads
Windows
Windows 10/11 x64 · .NET 10 Desktop Runtime required
Mac
Apple Silicon and Intel builds are now available directly from Mean Hamster.
Mac Apple Silicon and Intel builds remain at v1.4.8 until the next Mac package refresh.
What changed
Windows v1.5.1 remembers the Advanced drive selection between launches, including Shugart DS0-DS3 choices.
The Erase tab now shows Advanced settings so erase operations can target the selected drive.
Erase now supports track/revolution options, clearer error-console behavior, and verification against the selected format.
Raw Mac 400K/800K .img files with boot or HFS signatures now auto-detect as mac.400/mac.800.
Write verify, DiskCopy 4.2 conversion, and PC cable A:/B: drive selection follow GreaseWeazle behavior more closely.
Mac Apple Silicon and Intel builds remain at v1.4.8 until the next Mac package refresh.
Supported families
If GreaseWeazle can handle the format, HamsterWeazle is built to make that path easier to live in.