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BusKill App
This is the codebase for our cross-platform (CLI and) GUI app for BusKill. It works in Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
What is BusKill?
BusKill is a laptop kill cord that can trigger your computer to lock or shutdown when it's physically separated from you.
The quickest way to understand BusKill is to watch our 2-minute BusKill Explainer Video.
| <a href="https://www.buskill.in/#demo"><img src="docs/images/buskill_explainer_video_20211210.gif?raw=true" alt="What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)"></a> |
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| Watch the <a href="https://www.buskill.in/#demo">BusKill Explainer Video</a> for more info <a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4">youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4</a> |
You can also see BusKill in action on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and QubesOS.
| <p align="center"><a href="https://www.buskill.in/demo-2"><img src="docs/images/buskill_demo.gif?raw=true" alt="BusKill Demo Video" /></a></p> |
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| Watch the <a href="https://www.buskill.in/demo-2">BusKill Demo Video</a> to see the cable being used on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and QubesOS <a href="https://www.buskill.in/demo-2">buskill.in/demo-2</a> |
For more information on how to buy or build your own BusKill cable, see the BusKill Website:
Documentation
To read our comprehensive documentation, see:
Install
For instructions on downloading and cryptographically verifying our latest release, see:
Screenshots
BusKill is simple. When armed, a USB removal will trigger the screen to lock (by default).
BusKill runs in Linux, Windows, and MacOS.
<p align="center" float="left"> <img src="docs/images/buskill_app_lin_arm2.gif?raw=true" alt="Click the button to arm BusKill" width="200px" /> <img src="docs/images/buskill_app_win_disarmed1.jpg" alt="Screenshot of BusKill in Windows" width="200px" /> <img src="docs/images/buskill_app_mac_disarmed1.jpg" alt="Screenshot of BusKill in MacOS" width="200px" /> </p>For more information on how to use the GUI, see BusKill App: Graphical User Interface
Misconceptions
Q: Self-destruct?!? Will this brick my computer?
A: No. The BusKill app does not have the ability to harm your hardware and our app ships with non-destructive triggers only.
For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions.
Contributing
BusKill is an open-source project run by volunteers that create and maintain open-source hardware and software. Please see Contributing to BusKill to learn how you can help the BusKill project.
You can also donate with bitcoin, monero, paypal, or credit card.
Contributions of any amount and kind are greatly appreciated <3
Attribution
Thank you to the countless individuals and other open-source projects that have contributed to to the BusKill project!
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Contact
To contact us via email, please visit:
License
Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Michael Altfield and the BusKill Team
The contents of this repo are under the GPL version 3 or later. In addition, any content other than code can also be used, at your choice, under CC-BY-SA version 4.0.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
For more Information
See https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2020/01/02/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch/