# Install diskwatch with Homebrew, Nix Cross-platform disk diagnostics TUI. Version 0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#diskwatch. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:diskwatch ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install diskwatch ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#diskwatch ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diskwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:diskwatch - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.3 - **Source summary:** Cross-platform disk diagnostics TUI - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-19T04:47:40Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - diskwatch (cli) - diskwatch (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 0.1.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/matthart1983/diskwatch - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.3 (current) ## Project history and usage DiskWatch is a read-only terminal user interface for single-host disk diagnostics on macOS and Linux. It presents disk capacity, filesystem, I/O, SMART health, hot-file, and anomaly information in one terminal application. ### Project history The official NetWatch Labs page presents DiskWatch as a preview v0.1.1 tool in the same watch-family style as NetWatch and SysWatch. Its public GitHub repository describes it as a sibling to those tools and implements it as a Rust command-line application. ### Adoption history DiskWatch is young and has a narrow public adoption record. The supplied package metadata shows it packaged for Homebrew and Nix, which is the main current signal that Unix package users can install it without building from source. ### How it is used Users run `diskwatch tui` for the interactive terminal UI or `diskwatch --diag` to print collected state and exit. The documented tabs cover overview, devices, volumes, filesystems, I/O, SMART data, hot files, and plain-English insights. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, DiskWatch is a small Rust TUI with few platform dependencies. It is interesting because it wraps common disk-inspection surfaces such as `/proc/diskstats`, inotify, FSEvents, diskutil, system_profiler, and optional smartctl into one packaged executable. ### Timeline - 2026: Official homepage lists DiskWatch preview v0.1.1. - 2026: The source metadata lists Homebrew and Nix package-manager names. ### Related projects - DiskWatch is positioned by its official pages as a sibling to NetWatch and SysWatch, and it overlaps operationally with iostat, iotop, smartctl, lsblk, df, du, diskutil, and system_profiler. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for diskwatch. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** diskwatch - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - diskwatch: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diskwatch/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dysk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dysk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, linux, macos, system. - [lstr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lstr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, rust, system, tui. - [btrfs-progs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/btrfs-progs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, linux, system. - [devcockpit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devcockpit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, macos, system, tui. - [diskonaut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diskonaut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, system, tui. - [diskus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diskus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, rust, system. - [dua-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dua-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, rust, system. - [dust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dust/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, filesystem, rust, system. - [syswatch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/syswatch/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cross, cross-platform, diagnostics, platform. - [erdtree](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/erdtree/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cross, cross-platform, disk, filesystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/diskwatch.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/diskwatch.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph