A small, friendly Nim wrapper around libewf (Expert Witness Format). It exposes a minimal, ergonomic API for creating and verifying EWF images. This library also serves as a foundation for building a static, self‑contained “ewfacquire‑like” executable to aid DFIR engagements where quick, scriptable imaging is essential.

• Links against system libewf via pkg-config.

• macOS: brew install libewf openssl@3 pkg-config
• Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install -y libewf-dev libssl-dev pkg-config

• nimble test

import nimewf

echo "libewf: ", getVersion()
var h = newHandle()
if h != nil:
  discard freeHandle(h)

• Minimal sanity check: examples/minimal_client.nim
• Create from bytes: examples/create_from_bytes.nim
• Create from file: examples/create_from_file.nim
• Verify image: examples/verify_image.nim

• Build docs: nim doc src/nimewf.nim
• Building and environment notes: docs/BUILDING.md
• Roadmap / wrapped vs planned APIs: docs/TODO.md

• Keep it simple: minimal, focused API that does exactly what it needs.
• Avoid unnecessary complexity: straightforward wrappers and typed options.
• Tests first: unit tests for lifecycle, options, metadata, write/verify.

MIT