GNOME Disks
GNOME Disks is a free disk management utility for Linux.
What GNOME Disks is
GNOME Disks is a free disk management utility for Linux. It provides tools to inspect, format, partition, and configure disks and block devices, with a visual view of volumes and partitions on a selected device. Examples of supported media include hard drives, USB drives, DVD-RWs, and SD cards. The utility displays SMART data, can check a filesystem for damage and restore it to a usable state, and can benchmark physical disks. It can also create images of USB sticks and is available as bootable media. Formatting removable disks can wipe their contents, and disk utilities can erase data completely, so take care before using those operations. Kai Lüke is named as maintainer, and the app-specific content is licensed under GPL-2.0+. The app page links to online help and an issue tracker for support and feedback. Its listed Free plan costs nothing and includes disk inspection, formatting, partitioning, configuration, SMART data, benchmarking, and USB imaging.
Good
- Free plan costs nothing
- Shows volumes and partitions visually
- Displays SMART data and benchmarks disks
- Can create images of USB sticks
- Available as bootable media
Watch out
- Formatting removable disks can erase their data
- Disk utilities can completely erase data
Who it suits
GNOME Disks suits Linux users who need to inspect or manage disks and block devices. It also offers filesystem checks, benchmarking, and USB imaging.
Verdict
GNOME Disks covers common disk and volume management tasks, along with SMART data, benchmarking, and USB imaging. Take care with formatting and other operations that can erase data.
Plans and prices
From GNOME Disks's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Inspect, format, partition, and configure disks and block devices · SMART data · benchmark disks · image USB sticks |
The facts
Each one read from GNOME Disks's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Data erasure
- GNOME Help says removable disks can be wiped by formatting them and warns that disk utilities can completely erase data.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Disk benchmarking
- The app can benchmark physical disks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Disk operations
- It provides a way to inspect, format, partition, and configure disks and block devices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The app page lists the app-specific content as GPL-2.0+.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The app page names Kai Lüke as its maintainer.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Performance testing
- GNOME Help describes running hard disk benchmarks to check speed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Project background
- The GNOME Project says it was founded in 1997 by Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Disks is a disk management utility for GNOME.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Repair
- GNOME Help describes checking a filesystem for damage and restoring it to a usable state.checked 9 Oct 2026
- SMART data
- The app can display SMART data.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support and feedback
- The app page links to its online help and issue tracker for feedback and issue reports.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Supported media
- GNOME Help lists hard drives, USB drives, DVD-RWs, and SD cards as examples of mounted volumes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- USB imaging
- The app can create images of USB sticks.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Volume management
- GNOME Help says the disk utility can show and modify storage volumes, with a visual breakdown of volumes and partitions on a selected device.checked 9 Oct 2026
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