# gsmartcontrol mit Homebrew, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gsmartcontrol in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gsmartcontrol
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/gsmartcontrol/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: gsmartcontrol from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gsmartcontrol from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gs/gsmartcontrol/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: gsmartcontrol from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsmartcontrol from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: Chocolatey community package catalog: gsmartcontrol from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','google-workspace-sync'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/gsmartcontrol
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gsmartcontrol.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gsmartcontrol
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Graphical user interface for smartctl
- **Homepage:** <https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- gsmartcontrol (Alias)
- gsmartcontrol-root (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.0.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

GSmartControl is a graphical interface for smartctl from the smartmontools package. It helps users inspect SMART data from hard disk drives and SSDs, run SMART self-tests, and view drive health information without memorizing smartctl options.

### Projektgeschichte

The project traces its public release history to 2008. Its NEWS file records 0.8.0rc1 on 2008-10-01 as the initial public release, and the official site lists copyright years beginning in 2008 for Alexander Shaduri and contributors.

Early releases focused on wrapping smartctl output in a desktop interface while adding platform support. By the 0.8.0 release-candidate cycle the project had FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows, Mac OS X, and QNX-related work; later 0.8 releases added Windows packaging, root-launch helpers, XDG configuration use, RAID-controller detection, and broader smartctl parsing.

The 1.0.0 release in 2017 ported the application to GTK+ 3. The 2.0.0 release in 2024 modernized the codebase with C++17/C++20, CMake, a JSON-based smartctl parser, NVMe support, and GPL-3-only licensing.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

GSmartControl is adopted as a desktop companion to smartmontools. Its value is strongest on systems where users need SMART diagnostics but prefer a GUI for attributes, self-test logs, and drive summaries.

The official README and site emphasize support for Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and other BSD-style systems, which explains why package managers carry it as both a storage-health utility and a cross-platform GTK application.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users run gsmartcontrol to scan drives, review identity data and SMART attributes, start self-tests, and open saved smartctl output as a read-only virtual device.

The package also includes gsmartcontrol-root, a helper used by desktop packaging to launch the GUI with the permissions needed to query storage hardware.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

GSmartControl is a neat package because it sits at the boundary between low-level disk tooling and desktop usability. It packages a GUI, permission helpers, smartctl integration, storage-controller quirks, and platform-specific installers around one established CLI dependency.

Its release notes are especially packaging-relevant: they call out GTK transitions, CMake migration, compiler requirements, smartmontools runtime requirements, XDG configuration migration, Windows installer work, and compatibility with older smartctl output.

### Zeitleiste

- 2008: Initial public release 0.8.0rc1.
- 2009: Version 0.8.5 adopted XDG configuration on Unix and profile-based configuration on Windows.
- 2011: Version 0.8.6 expanded RAID and smartctl parsing support.
- 2017: Version 1.0.0 ported the interface to GTK+ 3.
- 2024: Version 2.0.0 introduced a JSON smartctl parser, NVMe support, CMake, and a modernized C++ codebase.
- 2025: Version 2.0.2 restored compatibility paths for older smartctl output and improved JSON parsing.

### Related projects

- smartmontools and smartctl are the core underlying tools that GSmartControl presents through a GUI.
- GTK and gtkmm are the desktop toolkit layer for the application.
- CMake became the build system in the 2.0.0 series.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/ashaduri/gsmartcontrol>
- <https://github.com/ashaduri/gsmartcontrol/releases>
- <https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashaduri/gsmartcontrol/main/NEWS.txt>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - gsmartcontrol - 2.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gsmartcontrol from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | graphical user interface for smartctl | https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/
- Nix - gsmartcontrol: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gs/gsmartcontrol/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - gsmartcontrol - 1.1.4-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: gsmartcontrol from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | graphical user interface for smartctl | https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/
- dnf - gsmartcontrol - 2.0.2-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gsmartcontrol from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Graphical user interface for smartctl | http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net
- pacman - gsmartcontrol - 2.0.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gsmartcontrol from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A graphical user interface for the smartctl hard disk drive health inspection tool. | https://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.io/home/
- zypper - gsmartcontrol - 2.0.2-2.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gsmartcontrol from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Hard Disk Health Inspection Tool | http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/
- MacPorts - gsmartcontrol: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/gsmartcontrol/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - gsmartcontrol: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: gsmartcontrol from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','google-workspace-sync'
- Scoop - extras/gsmartcontrol: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gsmartcontrol.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gsmartcontrol.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gsmartcontrol.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph