Free CrystalDiskInfo Alternatives for Linux

CrystalDiskInfo is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best free Linux alternative is GSmartControl, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo and seven of them are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo are smartmontools, QDiskInfo, scrutiny S.M.A.R.T and openSeaChest.

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  1. GSmartControl icon

    GSmartControl

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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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    ngoomie
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    Works pretty alright, enough for my needs, though there's some values where it will say "pre-failure" for even the values you get out-of-the-box with a new drive, something to be aware of.

    To respond to the one negative comment, all drives will show as "unknown device" IF you don't run the program with admin privileges -- even my SATA HDDs and SSDs will display as "unknown device" if I do not have superuser privs.

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    It doesnt support NVME SSD's which was the WHOLE reason I wanted to chcek the smart stats. This useless pile of junk just says it is an unknown device! The disk in question is a fully SMART compatible NVME SSD from a major disk manaufacturer - if this program cant identifu it it isnt much good!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think GSmartControl is a great CrystalDiskInfo alternative.

    • GSmartControl is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CrystalDiskInfo.

    • GSmartControl is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CrystalDiskInfo.

    • GSmartControl is Free and Open SourceCrystalDiskInfo is also Free and Open Source
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    smartmontools

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    The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks.

    24 smartmontools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Guest
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    Entirely command-based with no quick start guide for when you just want to check a disk.

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    hexploder
    Positive
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    Small, easy, complete, don't know how to use it just smartctl -h or man smartctl and you will have all the documentation you need.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think smartmontools is a great CrystalDiskInfo alternative.

    • smartmontools is Free and Open SourceCrystalDiskInfo is also Free and Open Source
  4. QDiskInfo icon

    QDiskInfo

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    CrystalDiskInfo alternative for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. scrutiny S.M.A.R.T icon

    scrutiny S.M.A.R.T

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    Scrutiny is a Hard Drive Health Dashboard & Monitoring solution, merging manufacturer provided S.M.A.R.T metrics with real-world failure rates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • scrutiny S.M.A.R.T is Free and Open SourceCrystalDiskInfo is also Free and Open Source
  6. openSeaChest icon

    openSeaChest

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    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
     

  7. CrazyDiskInfo

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    CrazyDiskInfo is an interactive TUI S.M.A.R.T viewer for Unix systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. diskscan

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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

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    • Linux
     
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