SD Card Formatter (Linux GTK3 GUI)

---

This project provides a GTK3 front-end for Tuxera's official SD Card Formatter.

⚠️ Due to licensing restrictions, you must manually download the binary format_sd.

---

🔧 Installation

1. Download the official formatter

Download SDCardFormatterv1.0.3_Linux_x86_64.tgz from the official site:
👉 SD Memory Card Formatter for Linux (Official)

2. Extract and copy the binary

tar -xzf ~/Downloads/SDCardFormatterv1.0.3_Linux_x86_64.tgz
sudo cp SDCardFormatterv1.0.3_Linux_x86_64/format_sd /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/format_sd

3. Install the GUI

git clone https://github.com/Stradios/SD-Card-Formatter-Linux-GTK3-GUI-.git
cd SD-Card-Formatter-Linux-GTK3-GUI-/sdcard-formatter-installer
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

---

🖼 Features

• Simple GTK3 interface
• Lists only removable drives
• Choose Quick, Discard, or Overwrite format types
• Confirmation before formatting
• Shows output messages
• Detects and unmounts drives before formatting
• Desktop icon with taskbar support

---

📝 License

This GUI is open-source (MIT license).
The format_sd binary is proprietary and must be downloaded from the official SD Association website.

---

🧊 Author

Developed by Stradios