CrystalDiskInfo Alternatives for Linux

CrystalDiskInfo is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Hard Disk Sentinel. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GSmartControl or smartmontools. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CrystalDiskInfo are QDiskInfo, scrutiny S.M.A.R.T, openSeaChest and CrazyDiskInfo.

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  1. 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.

    31 Hard Disk Sentinel alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
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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.

    34 GSmartControl alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. smartmontools icon
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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.

    26 smartmontools alternatives

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    • BSD
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  4. QDiskInfo icon
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    CrystalDiskInfo alternative for Linux.

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    • Linux
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  5. 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 (MIT)

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. 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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  7. CrazyDiskInfo is an interactive TUI S.M.A.R.T viewer for Unix systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8.  Like

    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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
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