Scrutiny
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About
Scrutiny is ranked #1 of 30 in disk health monitoring software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.
Compared on disk health monitoring software
- Free plan
- Yesgithub.com
- SMART monitoring
- Yesgithub.com
- Failure warnings
- Yesgithub.com
- Remote monitoring
- Yesgithub.com
- Supported platforms
- Linux, macOS, Windows (Windows support marked work in progress), FreeBSDgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Scrutiny is a hard drive health dashboard and monitoring solution for S.M.A.R.T. metrics.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Monitoring
- It tracks S.M.A.R.T. metric history, temperature, and customized thresholds based on real-world failure rates.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Drive discovery
- The collector uses smartctl to detect connected drives and Scrutiny integrates with smartd.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Alerts
- Failure notifications can be sent through email, webhooks, Discord, Gotify, Mattermost, ntfy, Slack, Teams, Telegram, and other listed services.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Deployment
- Scrutiny offers an all-in-one Docker image, separate hub-and-spoke Docker components, and manual installation.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Data storage
- The hub-and-spoke deployment uses InfluxDB 2.8 to persist S.M.A.R.T. data.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Supported platforms
- The repository lists Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries; Windows Docker support is marked work in progress.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Security configuration
- Manual installation instructions describe running the collector as an unprivileged user with restricted systemd permissions and network access.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Hardware permissions
- Docker setup requires passing drive devices through and granting SYS_RAWIO; NVMe drives may also require SYS_ADMIN.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Compatibility limit
- The project notes that some RAID controllers do not pass underlying SMART data through to smartctl.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Project status
- The README describes Scrutiny as a work in progress with some rough edges.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
- License
- The repository lists the MIT license.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
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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
