Smart Cloner

Intelligent Disk Cloning Tool with GUI

GPL-3.0 v1.1 Linux

A powerful GUI application for intelligent disk cloning that copies only used data, allowing you to safely clone larger drives to smaller ones.

Features

📀

Disk → Disk

Direct cloning with automatic shrinking

💾

Disk → Image

Create compressed backup images

📥

Image → Disk

Restore images to disk

✓ Smart Cloning - Uses partclone to copy only used blocks, not empty space
✓ Automatic Partition Expansion - Expands partitions when writing to larger disks
✓ Filesystem Resize Support - Automatically resizes filesystems after expansion
✓ Real-time Progress Tracking - Live progress bar with percentage and detailed status

17+ Supported Filesystems

ext2 ext3 ext4 FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 exFAT NTFS Btrfs XFS F2FS HFS+ APFS ReiserFS JFS UFS MINIX NILFS2

Installation

Debian/Ubuntu (.deb)

# Download and install
sudo apt install ./smartcloner_1.1-1.deb

Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS (.rpm)

# Download and install
sudo dnf install ./smartcloner-1.1-1.noarch.rpm

Usage

Launch Application

From Application Menu: Find "Smart Cloner" in your applications menu

From Terminal:

sudo smartcloner

Cloning Modes

1. Disk to Disk

Select "Disk → Disk" mode
Choose source disk
Choose target disk
Click "Start Cloning"

2. Disk to Image

Select "Disk → Image" mode
Choose source disk
Select destination folder
Enter image filename
Click "Start Cloning"

3. Image to Disk

Select "Image → Disk" mode
Browse for source image file
Choose target disk
Click "Start Cloning"
Partitions will automatically expand

How It Works

Smart Cloner uses partclone for intelligent block-level cloning:

Analyzes the source filesystem to identify used blocks
Copies only used data, skipping empty space
Compresses images for efficient storage (Disk → Image mode)
Expands partitions automatically when restoring to larger disks
Resizes filesystems to utilize the full partition size

💡 This allows you to:

• Clone a 500GB disk with 50GB of data to a 64GB SD card
• Create small, compressed backup images
• Restore images to any size disk (equal or larger)

Interface Preview

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           Smart Data Cloner v1.1                │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Mode: [Disk → Disk ▼]                          │
│                                                 │
│  Source Disk:  [/dev/sda - 500GB ▼]            │
│  Target Disk:  [/dev/sdb - 128GB ▼]            │
│                                                 │
│  [████████████████████░░░░] 75%                │
│  Cloning partition 2/3: sda2 → sdb2            │
│                                                 │
│  [    Start Cloning    ]  [    Cancel    ]     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Troubleshooting

"Target disk is too small"

The used data on the source exceeds the target capacity. Try deleting unnecessary files from source or using a larger target disk.

"Permission denied"

Smart Cloner requires root privileges:

sudo smartcloner

Changelog

Version 1.1 (2025-12-01)

• Added full filesystem resize support (XFS, Btrfs, F2FS, FAT)
• Added all resize tool dependencies
• Extended filesystem support (17+ via partclone)

Version 1.0 (2024-12-01)

• Initial release
• Three cloning modes (Disk→Disk, Disk→Image, Image→Disk)
• Smart cloning with partclone
• Automatic partition expansion
• Real-time progress tracking

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