Scrutiny

7.2easy start · #4 of 30
in Disk Health Monitoring Software

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

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows.

Scrutiny is ranked #4 of 30 in disk health monitoring software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Scrutiny Free MIT licensed · self-hosted github.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on disk health monitoring software

Free plan: Yes
SMART monitoring: Yes
Failure warnings: Yes
Remote monitoring: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows (Windows support marked work in progress), FreeBSD

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The record

Purpose: Scrutiny is a hard drive health dashboard and monitoring solution for S.M.A.R.T. metrics.
Monitoring: It tracks S.M.A.R.T. metric history, temperature, and customized thresholds based on real-world failure rates.
Drive discovery: The collector uses smartctl to detect connected drives and Scrutiny integrates with smartd.
Alerts: Failure notifications can be sent through email, webhooks, Discord, Gotify, Mattermost, ntfy, Slack, Teams, Telegram, and other listed services.
Deployment: Scrutiny offers an all-in-one Docker image, separate hub-and-spoke Docker components, and manual installation.
Data storage: The hub-and-spoke deployment uses InfluxDB 2.8 to persist S.M.A.R.T. data.
Security configuration: Manual installation instructions describe running the collector as an unprivileged user with restricted systemd permissions and network access.
Hardware permissions: Docker setup requires passing drive devices through and granting SYS_RAWIO; NVMe drives may also require SYS_ADMIN.
Compatibility limit: The project notes that some RAID controllers do not pass underlying SMART data through to smartctl.
Project status: The README describes Scrutiny as a work in progress with some rough edges.
License: The repository lists the MIT license.
Price from: Free

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Best Disk Health Monitoring Software in 2026#4 of 30

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Sources

github.com/AnalogJ/scrutiny· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/AnalogJ/scrutiny/blob/master/docs/INSTA· checked 30 Sept 2026