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nwipe vs Paragon Hard Disk Manager: catalog facts
nwipe	Paragon Hard Disk Manager
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Paid A paid licence is required.
Linux	Windows
Parallel drive erasure with a text interface	Partitioning, imaging, migration and wiping in a single supported product Builds a bootable recovery medium from within the application
Erasure destroys the selected drives' contents.	Paid licence with no free tier Windows only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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