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{{Distinguish|GParted}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = GNU Parted
| logo                   =
| screenshot             = Parted.png
| screenshot size        = 
| caption                = The {{code|parted}} command
| author                 = Andrew Clausen, Lennert Buytenhek
| developer              = Various
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1486221|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q1486221|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
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| repo                   = {{URL|https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parted.git|GNU Parted Repository}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system       = [[Linux]], [[GNU Hurd]]
| genre                  = [[Partition editor]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/}}
}}
'''GNU Parted''' (from ''[[GNU Project|GNU]] partition editor'') is a [[Free software|free]] [[partition editor]], used for creating and deleting [[Partition (computing)|partition]]s. This is useful for creating space for new [[operating system]]s, reorganising [[hard disk]] usage, copying data between hard disks, and [[disk image|disk imaging]]. It was written by Andrew Clausen and Lennert Buytenhek.

It consists of a [[Library (computing)|library]], '''libparted''', and a [[Command-line interface|command-line]] [[Front-end and back-end|front-end]], '''parted''', that also serves as a [[reference implementation]].

{{As of|2013|alt=Currently}}, GNU Parted runs only under [[Linux]] and [[GNU]]/[[GNU Hurd|Hurd]].<ref>[https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html#Supported-Platforms GNU Parted supported platforms]</ref>

==Other front-ends==

===Text-based===
[[Image:GParted 0.3.5 -- 2008, 06.png|thumb|300px|[[GParted]] uses GNU Parted in the backend]]
'''nparted''' is the [[Newt (programming library)|newt]]-based frontend to GNU Parted.<ref>[http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/nparted.html Overview of nparted source package<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Projects have started for an [[ncurses]] frontend,<ref>[https://github.com/davekong/cparted cparted - ncurses interface in python/pyparted]</ref> that also could be used in Windows (with [[GNUWin32]] Ncurses).<ref>[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/ncurses.htm Ncurses<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><!-- link has no files, page was last modified 22 Sep 2003.  Top-level page has a package for PDCurses, which is not the same thing -->

'''fatresize''' offers a [[command-line interface]] for [[FAT16]]/[[FAT32]] non-destructive resize and uses the GNU Parted library.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/fatresize/ SourceForge.net: fatresize<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Graphical front-ends===
'''[[GParted]]''' is a graphical program using the parted libraries. It is adapted for [[GNOME]], one of the two major [[desktop environment]]s (the other being [[KDE]]) for Unix-like installations. It is often included as utility on many [[live CD]] distributions to make partitioning easier.

'''[[KDE Partition Manager]]''' is a [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] graphical program, also included on many live CD distributions, which made use of parted libraries; anyway, in version 4.0 its backend, KPMcore, was ported away from libparted to sfdisk.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stikonas.eu/wordpress/2019/05/02/kde-partition-manager-4-0/|title=KDE Partition Manager 4.0|website=stikonas.eu|language=en-GB|access-date=2024-01-11}}</ref> '''[[QtParted]]''' was another graphical front-end based on Qt that is no longer being actively maintained.

'''Pyparted'''<ref>[https://github.com/dcantrell/pyparted  pyparted – Python bindings for GNU parted (libparted) github page]</ref> (also called python-parted)<ref>[http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/python-parted python-parted package in Ubuntu dapper]</ref> is the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] front-end for GNU Parted.

[[Linux distribution]]s that come with parted by default include [[Slackware]], [[Knoppix]], [[sidux]], [[SystemRescueCD]], and [[Parted Magic]].

==Limitations==
Parted previously had support for operating on filesystems within partitions (creating, moving, resizing, copying). This support was removed in version 3.0.<ref>[http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6837 parted 3.0 release notes]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
*[[List of disk partitioning software]]
*[[util-linux]]:
**[[fdisk]]
**[[cfdisk]]
**[[sfdisk]]
*[[gpart]]
*[[gparted]]
*[[FIPS (computer program)|FIPS]]
*[[Master Boot Record manager]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.gnu.org/software/parted/}}
*{{man|8|parted|die.net}}

{{GNU}}
{{FLOSS}}

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[[Category:Software using the GPL license]]
[[Category:Free software that uses ncurses]]

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