Open Source Scanner Alternatives for Linux

Scanner is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Scanner and 18 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Scanner are Filelight, SquirrelDisk, ncdu and QDirStat.

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  1. 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.

    110 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
    • Homebrew
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  2. Filelight icon
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    Provides graphical disk usage analysis using interactive segmented rings, scans local, remote and removable disks, enables navigation and file management from within the interface, displays live info on hover, and integrates with KDE file managers for efficient data management.

    90 Filelight alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  3. SquirrelDisk icon
     66 likes

    Free, open-source disk usage analyzer for Mac, Windows and Linux. See what fills your disk, servers and cloud storage, and clean it up safely.

    112 SquirrelDisk alternatives

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    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. ncdu icon
     140 likes

    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 use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like...

    63 ncdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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  5. Space Radar icon
     15 likes

    SpaceRadar allows interactive visualization of disk space and memory. It currently supports Sunburst, Treemap, and Flamegraph charts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Electron
    • AppImage
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  6. K4DirStat icon
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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.

    91 K4DirStat alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
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  7.  4 likes

    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.

    73 dua-cli alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
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  8.  6 likes

    A disk usage free utility for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. crossdirstat icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Duc icon
     5 likes

    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.

    87 Duc alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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