TUI for disk management and partitioning

Demo

demo.mp4

💡 Prerequisites

A Linux based system.

Required packages

• parted - partition management
• sfdisk - partition resizing (usually included with util-linux)
• e2fsprogs - ext4 filesystem support
• cryptsetup - LUKS encryption support

Optional packages

• dosfstools - FAT32 filesystem support
• ntfs-3g - NTFS filesystem support
• exfatprogs - exFAT filesystem support
• btrfs-progs - Btrfs filesystem support
• xfsprogs - XFS filesystem support
• smartmontools - SMART disk health monitoring

Warning

This tool can perform destructive disk operations. You will be prompted to authenticate for operations requiring sudo.

🚀 Installation

📦 crates.io

You can install disktui from crates.io

cargo install disktui

🐧 Arch Linux

You can install disktui from the AUR using an AUR helper like paru.

paru -S disktui

⚒️ Build from source

Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/Maciejonos/disktui
cd disktui
cargo build --release

run with

sudo ./target/release/disktui

🪄 Usage

disktui

⌨️ Keybindings

Global

Tab or Shift + Tab: Switch between disks and partitions sections.

j or Down: Scroll down.

k or Up: Scroll up.

?: Show help.

q or Esc: Quit the app.

Ctrl + c: Force quit.

Disks

i: Show detailed disk information and SMART data.

f: Format entire disk with a filesystem.

p: Create a new partition table (GPT/MBR).

n: Create a new partition.

Partitions

f: Format selected partition.

m: Mount/unmount selected partition.

r: Resize selected partition (must be unmounted, encrypted partitions cannot be resized).

d: Delete selected partition.

e: Encrypt partition with LUKS2 (destroys all data).

l: Lock/unlock encrypted partition (requires passphrase).

Theming

disktui follows terminal ANSI colors

🔐 LUKS Encryption

Press e to encrypt a partition with LUKS2, then l to lock/unlock it (requires passphrase). Encrypted partitions show 🔒 (locked) or 🔓 (unlocked) and must be unlocked before mounting or formatting.

⚖️ License

MIT