KDirStat
KDirStat was a graphical disk usage utility based on KDE 3 libraries, The information provided is similar to the Unix "du" command. In addition to that, it com...
What is KDirStat?
KDirStat was a graphical disk usage utility based on KDE 3 libraries, The information provided is similar to the Unix "du" command. In addition to that, it comes with some cleanup facilities to reclaim disk space.
After being ported to KDE 4 it has been renamed to 
K4DirStat .
Discontinued
Development has been discontinued. In Linux distributions, like Debian and Ubuntu, there's still a kdirstat package but it is only a transitional package for the successor K4DirStat
KDirStat Screenshots
KDirStat Features
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- disk-usage-visualizer
- treemap
- Disk Usage Analyzer
- Hard Disk Utility
There is a MS Windows clone called WinDirStat. Yes, that one is the clone. KDirStat is the original.
For years I dreamed of finding a similar alternative in linux to the well-known windirstat (for windows) since the two alternatives offered in most distributions, baobab and filelight, display the space taken up by files and folders on concentric circles rather than by rectangles. This has the limitation that when big files are nested deeply or shallowly in folders it makes them difficult to compare, find, etc. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that windirstat got it's concept and even its name from this program! I can't believe it's not the program of choice among distributions.
[Edited by brinerustle, June 24]
It's not the program of choice because it is slow. Directory Report is faster
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Um, hello, Directory Report is for windows, not linux. And yes, Kdirstat is fast.
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finally, a good alternative for linux now that this has been discontinued: gdmap is fast and excellent! Baobab did include treemaps, now but they are still a bit cumbersome.
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Wanted to try kdirstat on ubuntu 10.04, but conflicted with pidgin, and didn't want to resolve that in order to install it:
sdoskurd@sdoux0072 (review_9849) Contacts $ sudo apt-get install kdirstat ... The following packages have unmet dependencies: kdirstat: Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.8-1) but it is not going to be installed pidgin: Depends: pidgin-data (>= 1:2.7.9) but 1:2.7.7-1ubuntu0+pidgin1.10.04 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
try gdmap, works well.
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