smartmontools Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to smartmontools for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is GSmartControl, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to smartmontools and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to smartmontools are Hard Disk Sentinel, scrutiny S.M.A.R.T, openSeaChest and diskscan.

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  1. GSmartControl icon
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    GSmartControl provides a GUI for smartctl from smartmontools, allowing users to monitor and control SMART data on hard drives. It supports health inspection, runs diagnostic tests, and warns about potential drive failures, ensuring maintenance and optimal disk performance.

    33 GSmartControl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • GSmartControl is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to smartmontools.

    • GSmartControl is Free and Open Sourcesmartmontools is also Free and Open Source
  2. Provides advanced monitoring for HDDs and SSDs with S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics, predicts hardware failures, schedules automatic backups, benchmarks drive performance, logs temperatures, repairs disk errors, supports tests, notifications, and multi-drive configurations.

    29 Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
    • Hard Disk Sentinel is the most popular commercial alternative to smartmontools.

    • Hard Disk Sentinel is Paid and Proprietarysmartmontools is Free and Open Source
  3. Scrutiny is a Hard Drive Health Dashboard & Monitoring solution, merging manufacturer provided S.M.A.R.T metrics with real-world failure rates.

    6 scrutiny S.M.A.R.T alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • scrutiny S.M.A.R.T is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to smartmontools.

    • scrutiny S.M.A.R.T is Free and Open Sourcesmartmontools is also Free and Open Source
  4. Cross platform utilities useful for performing various operations on SATA, SAS, NVMe, and USB storage devices. - Seagate/openSeaChest

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • OpenSolaris
     
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    Diskscan is intended to provide the information needed to decide if a disk is good or not, be it an HDD or an SSD it is likely to be holding important data and if you have a suspicion that it is failing it is also important to know how bad is it down the road.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    The sdparm utility accesses SCSI device parameters. When the SCSI device is a disk, sdparm's role is similar to its namesake: the Linux hdparm utility which is primarily designed for ATA disks that had device names starting with "hd".

    4 sdparm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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