libusb
Release2007 (2007)[1]
Stable release
1.0.30[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 17 May 2026; 39 days ago (17 May 2026)
Written inC
Type
LicenseLGPL 2.1
Websitelibusb.info
Repositorygithub.com/libusb/libusb.git
The Linux API is composed out of the System Call Interface of the Linux kernel, the GNU C Library, libcgroup,[3] libdrm, libalsa and libevdev[4] (by freedesktop.org).

libusb is a library that provides applications with access for controlling data transfer to and from USB devices on Unix and non-Unix systems, without the need for kernel-mode drivers.

Availability

libusb is currently available for Linux, the BSDs, Solaris, OS X, Windows, Android, and Haiku.[5] It is written in C.

Amongst other applications, the library is used by SANE, the Linux scanner project, in preference to the kernel scanner module, which is restricted to Linux kernel 2.4.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Initial commit · libusb/Libusb@852bba4". GitHub.
  2. ^ "Release 1.0.30". 17 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  3. ^ "ControlGroupInterface". freedesktop.org.
  4. ^ "libevdev". freedesktop.org.
  5. ^ "Haiku: Add Haiku support · libusb/Libusb@dc97425". GitHub.
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