pyusbip

A pure-Python USB/IP server backed by libusb. Shares USB devices from macOS (or any libusb host) into a Linux USB/IP client — e.g. Docker Desktop's VM, a remote Linux box, or a CI runner.

Forked from tumayt/pyusbip.

Install

uv tool install git+https://github.com/jenish-rudani/pyusbip

Run

sudo pyusbip                 # USB/IP on :3240, HTTP control on :3241
sudo pyusbip --vid 0x0483    # only export ST devices
sudo pyusbip --help

sudo is required for libusb to claim devices on macOS.

HTTP control plane

JSON over HTTP on 127.0.0.1:3241. CORS allow-all.

• GET /health — uptime, device counts, API version.
• GET /devices — list of libusb-visible devices with bus_id, VID/PID, strings, and bind_state ("shared" or "attached").

Library use

import asyncio, usb1
from pyusbip import USBIPServer, ControlPlane

async def main():
    ctx = usb1.USBContext(); ctx.open()
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    server = USBIPServer(loop, ctx, vid_filter={0x0483})
    control = ControlPlane(loop, ctx, server)
    await server.start(); await control.start()
    await asyncio.Event().wait()

asyncio.run(main())

Development

uv tool install ruff pre-commit
pre-commit install
ruff format . && ruff check . --fix

Version lives in pyusbip/__init__.py; pyproject.toml reads it dynamically. Bump, tag, push.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• libusb1
• Root to claim devices

License

MIT — see LICENSE.