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 v1.5.5 builds are available as complete signed app bundles.
What changed
Windows v1.5.9 adds a track map you can turn on or off. It starts off and remembers your choice, keeping the main window uncluttered.
Capture reports save automatically beside images. The Inbox lists disk images only; view reports from the image menu or analyze a saved log.
Rescue Read combines eligible sector-image captures into a new copy, keeping your original images and previously good sectors.
Browse and extract FAT12 files, create DOS images, and import files in a separate Tools window. Image changes save to a new copy.
Auto Read checks complete probe results, and writes check image geometry before starting. DMK writes still require a separate read-back.
Mac Apple Silicon and Intel downloads remain at v1.5.5; these improvements are available in the Windows download.
Supported families
If GreaseWeazle can handle the format, HamsterWeazle is built to make that path easier to live in.