smartmontools

Install command:
brew install smartmontools

SMART hard drive monitoring

https://www.smartmontools.org/

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/smartmontools.json

Formula code: smartmontools.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 7.5

Binaries: smartctl, smartd, update-smart-drivedb

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days34,126
Downloads866,257
Analytics install events (30 days)4,902
Downloads / install events (30 days)7.0×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-07T00:50:09Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-08 to 2026-11-07. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.

Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs4,89312,58641,060
Installs (--HEAD)92072
Installs on Request4,87212,50340,390
Installs on Request (--HEAD)92072
Build Errors1