No. 10 of 22 ·Disk Partition Software

GPT fdisk

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Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.6

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

GPT fdisk is ranked #10 of 22 in disk partition software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.

Compared on disk partition software

Free plan: Yes
Bootable media: Yes
Partition table support: both
Filesystem support: FAT32, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, Linux filesystem, Linux swap
Move partitions: No
Merge partitions: No

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The record

Purpose: GPT fdisk is a set of text-mode tools for creating and manipulating partition tables.
Included tools: The package consists of gdisk, cgdisk, sgdisk, and FixParts.
GPT support: gdisk, cgdisk, and sgdisk work with GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks.
MBR repair: FixParts repairs certain types of MBR disk damage and can change partition types between primary and logical.
Conversion: gdisk can convert an MBR partition table or BSD disklabel to GPT format.
Verification: gdisk’s verify command checks for problems such as incorrect CRCs and mismatched main and backup data, but does not automatically correct most problems.
Backup and recovery: The tools provide options to back up partition data and access GPT data recovery functions.
Interfaces: gdisk is interactive and text-mode, sgdisk is a command-line tool suited to scripts, and cgdisk is curses-based and interactive.
Platforms: The project describes GPT fdisk as available for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.
Downloads: The download page lists Linux RPM and Debian packages, Windows and macOS binaries, and source files; it says the EFI binary is available only through version 1.0.4.
Distribution packages: GPT fdisk is included in most major Linux distributions’ standard package repositories, though some distributions may provide outdated versions.
macOS limitation: The project says System Integrity Protection in macOS 10.11 and later blocks low-level access needed to repartition the system disk, while USB flash drives remain accessible.
FreeBSD limitation: The FreeBSD version normally cannot save partition-table changes when a partition on the disk is mounted.
Support contact: The download page invites users to email Rod Smith with problems or comments about that page at [email protected].

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Disk Partition Software in 2026#10 of 22

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Sources

rodsbooks.com/gdisk/· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/gdisk.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/repairing.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/walkthrough.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/download.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/whygdisk.html· checked 4 Oct 2026
rodsbooks.com/gdisk/sgdisk.html· checked 4 Oct 2026