https://github.com/athena-os/devotio
Secure disk erasure tool.
https://github.com/athena-os/devotio
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Secure disk erasure tool.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/athena-os/devotio
- Owner: Athena-OS
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2024-10-10T10:27:42.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-10T21:55:59.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-12-16T11:23:46.724Z (7 months ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 52.7 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Devotio
Devotio is a secure disk erasure tool based on **DoD 5220.22 M**, **ATA Secure Erase** and **encryption-based destruction**.
It allows to select the specific device to erase or every disk on your system. It involves:
* HDD
* SSD
* LUKS
* USB
* RAM
* Zram
* Swap
The term [Devotio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotio), in Ancient Roman religion, was an extreme form of votum in which a Roman general vowed to sacrifice his own life in battle along with the enemy to chthonic gods in exchange for a victory.
## Requirements
Arch Linux runtime dependencies:
```
util-linux coreutils e2fsprogs cryptsetup hdparm openssl wipe
```
## Download & Run
```
sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Athena-OS/devotio/refs/heads/main/devotio.sh)"
```
## Bibliography
[Wiping Techniques and Antiforensic Methods](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328834436_Wiping_Techniques_and_Anti-Forensics_Methods)