https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi

Windows Driver Installer library for USB devices
https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi

c driver-installation drivers libusb libusb-win32 libusbk usb usb-devices wcid windows winusb

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Windows Driver Installer library for USB devices

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi
• Owner: pbatard
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2012-07-10T15:13:23.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-09T16:48:04.000Z (25 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-09T17:49:01.040Z (25 days ago)
• Topics: c, driver-installation, drivers, libusb, libusb-win32, libusbk, usb, usb-devices, wcid, windows, winusb
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.94 MB
• Stars: 2,005
• Watchers: 108
• Forks: 478
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

        
libwdi: A Windows Driver Installation library for USB devices

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Main features

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* Automated inf creation, using reported USB device name

* Automated catalog file creation and signing, using autogenerated certificate

* Automated driver files extraction, for `x86_32`, `x86_64` and `ARM64` platforms

* Automated driver installation, including UAC elevation where necessary

* Single library embedding all the required files

* Supports Windows platform from Windows 7 to Windows 11

Additional features

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* Embedding of WinUSB, libusb0.sys or libusbK.sys, USB Serial (CDC) or your own 

  USB drivers (eg. WHQL)

* Full locale support with UTF-8 API strings and UTF-16 autogenerated inf files

* Resolution of USB Vendor IDs, based on the data maintained by Stephen J. Gowdy 

  at http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids

* Fully Open Source (LGPL v3), with multiple sample applications

* Supports MinGW32, MinGW-w64, Visual Studio

Installation and Compilation

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See: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/Install

API usage

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See: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/Usage

FAQ

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See: https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/wiki/FAQ