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 # USBGuard TUI
 
 A terminal UI for managing USB devices via [usbguard](https://usbguard.github.io/).
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+USBGuard is a software framework for implementing a USB device authorization policy (allowlisting/blocklisting). It protects your system against rogue USB devices by scanning them and checking their parameters against a set of rules.
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 Built with [bubbletea](https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea) & Goland!
 
 ## Requirements