diskman 0.2.4

CLI + TUI disk/partition manager with SMART, LUKS, mount controls, and partition operations

diskman

diskman is a lightweight, terminal-first Linux disk and partition manager. It provides a powerful CLI and an interactive TUI for day-to-day storage administration, featuring SMART health monitoring, LUKS encryption support, and filesystem-aware automounting.

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🚀 Key Features

• Dual Interface: Full-featured Command Line Interface (CLI) and an interactive Terminal User Interface (TUI).
• Smart Automount: Filesystem-aware mount options (e.g., discard for SSDs, UID/GID mapping for FAT/NTFS).
• LUKS Support: Auto-detection, unlocking, and locking of encrypted partitions.
• Health Monitoring: Real-time SMART health status visibility (via smartmontools).
• Safety First: Automatically excludes root partitions from destructive operations and provides a read-only fallback if a writable mount fails.
• Partition Management: Create and delete partitions from CLI with explicit filesystem selection (ntfs3, btrfs, exfat, vfat, etc.) and optional custom volume labels.
• Non-Blocking Ops: Asynchronous mount, unmount, and LUKS operations to keep the TUI responsive.
• Persistence: Easily toggle reboot-persistent mounts via tagged /etc/fstab entries.
• System Integration: Ready-to-use systemd service and timer for periodic automounting.

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📦 Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

Install the latest stable version directly from PyPI:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade diskman

From Source

git clone https://github.com/SoyalIslam/disk-manager.git
cd disk-manager
python3 -m pip install .

Requirements

• OS: Linux
• Python: 3.9+
• System Tools: util-linux (lsblk, findmnt, mount, umount)
• Partitioning Tools: parted, partprobe, udevadm
• Filesystem Tools: mkfs.ntfs, mkfs.btrfs, mkfs.exfat, mkfs.vfat, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, mkfs.xfs, mkfs.f2fs, mkfs.nilfs2, mkfs.reiserfs, mkudffs
• Optional Tools:
  • cryptsetup (for LUKS support)
  • smartmontools (for SMART health monitoring)

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🛠 Usage

CLI Reference

Command	Description
diskman list	List all partitions, filesystems, and mount status.
diskman tui	Launch the interactive Terminal User Interface.
sudo diskman automount	Auto-mount all available partitions (excluding root).
sudo diskman mount /dev/sdb1	Mount a specific device (prompts for LUKS if needed).
sudo diskman umount /dev/sdb1	Unmount a specific device.
sudo diskman luks-unlock /dev/sdb2	Unlock a LUKS encrypted partition.
sudo diskman part-create /dev/sdb --fs ntfs --label DATA --size 100G	Create and format a new partition in free disk space.
sudo diskman part-delete /dev/sdb3	Delete an existing partition.
sudo diskman part-merge /dev/sdb2	Merge adjacent right-side unallocated space into a partition.
sudo diskman boot-add /dev/sdb1	Enable reboot-persistent mount in /etc/fstab.

Note: Operations that modify system state (mount/unmount/LUKS/partition create-delete-merge/fstab) require sudo.

TUI Controls

Launch with diskman tui (or sudo diskman tui for full functionality):

• j / k or Arrow Keys: Navigate device list.
• m: Mount or unmount the selected partition.
• u / l: Unlock or lock a LUKS partition.
• a: Trigger a background automount of all devices.
• p: Toggle persistence (/etc/fstab) for the selected device.
• c: Create a new partition (prompts for disk, menu-select filesystem, label, size).
• d: Delete the selected partition (with confirmation prompt).
• g: Merge adjacent right-side unallocated space into the selected partition.
• r: Refresh the device list.
• q: Exit.

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⚙️ System Integration

Periodic Automount (systemd)

You can automate mounting of external drives using the provided systemd units:

1. Install Units:

   sudo install -Dm644 extras/systemd/diskman-automount.service /etc/systemd/system/
   sudo install -Dm644 extras/systemd/diskman-automount.timer /etc/systemd/system/
   

2. Enable Timer:

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl enable --now diskman-automount.timer
   

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🏗 Development

Setup Environment

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Build & Package

# Build distribution archives
python3 -m build

# Build standalone binary (via PyInstaller)
./scripts/build_binary.sh

GitHub Actions: Publish to PyPI

This repo includes:

• .github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml

Set these repository secrets in GitHub:

• PYPI_API_TOKEN
• TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN

Workflow usage:

1. Manual publish to TestPyPI:
   • Actions -> Publish Python Package -> Run workflow -> target testpypi
2. Manual publish to PyPI:
   • Actions -> Publish Python Package -> Run workflow -> target pypi
3. Auto publish to PyPI on tag:
   • Push tag vX.Y.Z matching pyproject.toml version

git tag v0.2.1
git push origin v0.2.1

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.