DiskMaster

6.9easy start · #6 of 30
in Disk Health Monitoring Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

DiskMaster is ranked #6 of 30 in disk health monitoring software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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DiskMaster Free Free / open-source; local desktop drive health monitoring github.com · 29 Sept 2026

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Purpose: DiskMaster monitors drive health on Windows, Linux and macOS.
SMART monitoring: It reads SMART attributes, self-tests and drive self-test logs, using native ATA pass-through for SATA and USB drives.
Health score: It calculates a health score from 100 and lists each deduction and its source attribute; performance is scored separately.
History and alerts: It stores readings in SQLite and provides charts and alerts for changes such as rising drive counters.
Surface scans: Its read-only surface scan times blocks, confirms unreadable sectors with a second read, and maps them to sectors.
File mapping and rescue: It can identify files associated with unreadable sectors and rescue a copy while skipping unreadable bytes.
Repair tools: Optional repair tools include sector repair, sanitizing bad sectors proven free by the filesystem, filesystem repair, and zero-fill, each with confirmations and safeguards described in the README.
Integrations: Alerts can be sent through Slack, Discord, ntfy, email, desktop notifications, or a user-specified command; webhooks can also target JSON endpoints.
CLI and exports: The CLI exports text, HTML, JSON and CSV reports and returns exit codes 0 for healthy, 1 for warning, and 2 for critical.
Dependencies and access: SATA and USB monitoring needs no third-party tools, while NVMe health logs and macOS use optional smartmontools; raw SMART access requires administrator or sudo privileges.
Security and integrity: The project says Windows builds are unsigned and each release archive includes a SHA-256 checksum.
Download formats: The latest release provides Windows x64 ZIP, Linux x64 tar.gz, and macOS arm64 tar.gz builds that do not require Python.
Who it is for: The README describes DiskMaster as suited to monitoring one machine deeply and says its JSON output is designed to feed a fleet tool.
Maker: The maker profile identifies Jan Kučera, lists Ostrava, Czechia, and describes a family of single-purpose desktop tools.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Disk Health Monitoring Software in 2026#6 of 30
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github.com/hclivess/diskmaster· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/hclivess/diskmaster/releases· checked 29 Sept 2026
github.com/hclivess· checked 29 Sept 2026