Command-line tool

smartmontools

brew/smartmontools

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SMART hard drive monitoring disk-utility disk-monitoring s.m.a.r.t smartctl smartd

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id smartmontools.smartmontools -e
scoop install smartmontools

macOS

brew install smartmontools

Linux

brew install smartmontools

Display SMART health summary

sudo smartctl -H /dev/sdX

Display device information

sudo smartctl -i /dev/sdX

Start a short/long self-test in the background

sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sdX

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