ncdu Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to ncdu for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to ncdu and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ncdu are SquirrelDisk, Filelight, QDirStat and JDiskReport.

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A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to...

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ncdu alternatives page was last updated May 26, 2024
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  1. Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer icon
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    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer

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    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical application to analyse disk usage in any Gnome environment. Disk Usage Analyzer can easily scan device volumes or a specific user-requested directory branch (local or remote).

    80 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Sunburst chart
    2.  Does not show ZFS filesystems
    3.  Ad-free
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    Full scan, treemap chart
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    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ncdu.

    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Free and Open Sourcencdu is also Free and Open Source
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Lightweightncdu is not according to our users
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    SquirrelDisk

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    SquirrelDisk shows you exactly what's taking up all that space and helps you clear it out. Using SquirrelDisk is a matter of clicking one button to easily find all the huge files on your computer.

    83 SquirrelDisk alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Display files size
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Sunburst chart
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Delete Temporary Files
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Portable
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  4. Filelight icon
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    Filelight

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    Filelight is an application to visualize the disk usage on your computer.

    64 Filelight alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Sunburst chart
    2.  Scanner
    3.  Ad-free
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  5. QDirStat icon
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    QDirStat

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    QDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility. The successor of KDirStat without any KDE dependencies.

    59 QDirStat alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    QDirStat Features

    1.  Tree view
    2.  Hierarchical Structure
    3.  Display files size
    4.  Subtree percentage
    5.  Tree map
    6.  Disk usage statistics
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  6. JDiskReport icon
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    JDiskReport

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    JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders.

    66 JDiskReport alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    JDiskReport Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Sync with Amazon Drive
    4.  Categories
    5.  32-bit support
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  7. Duc icon
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    Duc

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    Duc is a collection of tools for inspecting and visualizing disk usage.

    Duc scales quite well, it has been tested on systems with more than 500 million files and several petabytes of storage.

    69 Duc alternatives
    Duc screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Duc Features

    1.  Sunburst chart
    2.  Disk usage statistics
    3.  Disk Maintenance
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  9. duf

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    A disk usage free utility for Linux.

    83 duf alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. GD Map icon
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    GD Map

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    GdMap is a tool which allows to visualize disk space. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full or what directory and files take up most of the space? With GdMap these questions can be answered quickly. To display directory structures cushion treemaps are used which visualize a...

    52 GD Map alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GD Map Features

    1.  Filesystem
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    crossdirstat

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    Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github

    85 crossdirstat alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  File Storage
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  12. K4DirStat icon
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    K4DirStat

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    K4DirStat, fork of KDirStat , is a small utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees, very much like the Unix 'du' command. It displays the disk space used up by a directory tree, both numerically and graphically.

    68 K4DirStat alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    K4DirStat Features

    1.  File-system view
    2.  Disk Maintenance
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  13. gdu

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    Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go.

    5 gdu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Disk usage statistics
    4.  Disk Maintenance
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    xdiskusage

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    xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of xhttp://alternativeto.net/software/xdu/ written by Phillip C. Dykstra <dykstra at ieee dot org & gt.

    60 xdiskusage alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Disk usage
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