ncdu Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to ncdu for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac 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 18 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to ncdu are SquirrelDisk, Filelight, GrandPerspective and DaisyDisk.

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ncdu alternatives are mainly Disk Usage Analyzers, but if you're looking for System Cleaners or Disk Imaging Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to ncdu.
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    Powerful GNOME application that provides in-depth disk usage analysis with graphical representation. It supports scanning of volumes, specific directories, and network folders, offering insights into space allocation both locally and remotely.

    83 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
     
    • 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
  2. SquirrelDisk icon
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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.

    89 SquirrelDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space.

    75 GrandPerspective alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. DaisyDisk icon
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    With DaisyDisk you can free up disk space by quickly finding and deleting big, useless files. The program scans any mounted disk and displays it on the sunburst map, where segments mean files and folders, proportionally to their sizes. The map is easy to read and navigate.

    88 DaisyDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • DaisyDisk is the most popular commercial alternative to ncdu.

    • DaisyDisk is Paid and Proprietaryncdu is Free and Open Source
  5. DiskPoint icon
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    Cross-platform disk cleaning tool offering private, local file operations with no data tracking, no cloud uploads, no ads, no cost, and an intuitive interface. Fast performance, efficient space recovery, and full functionality for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. gdu icon
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    Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go.

    52 gdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Duc icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    dua (-> Disk Usage Analyzer) is a tool to conveniently learn about the usage of disk space of a given directory. It's parallel by default and will max out your SSD, providing relevant information as fast as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
     
  9. JDiskReport icon
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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.

    70 JDiskReport alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. crossdirstat icon
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    Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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