testdisk

Install command:
brew install testdisk

Powerful free data recovery utility

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

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

Formula code: testdisk.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

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

Current versions:

stable ✅ 7.2

Uses from macOS: ncurses

Binaries: fidentify, photorec, testdisk

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days16,034
Downloads313,043
Analytics install events (30 days)1,933
Downloads / install events (30 days)8.3×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-01T00:50:14Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-02 to 2026-11-01. 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
Installs1,9265,78824,449
Installs (--HEAD)71533
Installs on Request1,9245,78624,444
Installs on Request (--HEAD)71533
Build Errors1