SpaceSniffer Alternatives for Linux

SpaceSniffer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. 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 50 alternatives to SpaceSniffer and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SpaceSniffer are Filelight, ncdu, Space Radar and JDiskReport.

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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.

    86 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
     
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    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer vs SpaceSniffer Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    -3

    rectangle visualisation is no where near as useful

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Free and Open SourceSpaceSniffer is Free and Proprietary
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Privacy focusedSpaceSniffer is not according to our users
  2. Filelight icon
     80 likes

    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.

    70 Filelight alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
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    Filelight vs SpaceSniffer Comments
    Jonathan Brickman
    Positive
    1

    SpaceSniffer is much faster, and also shows System Volume Information under Windows, which Filelight does not.

    • Filelight is Free and Open SourceSpaceSniffer is Free and Proprietary
  3. ncdu icon
     134 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...

    45 ncdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  4. Space Radar icon
     10 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Debian
    • AppImage
     
  5. JDiskReport icon
     93 likes

    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.

    72 JDiskReport alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    JDiskReport vs SpaceSniffer Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Pro: Very good hierarchical breakdown + pie chart of consumed space Con: Requires Java

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • JDiskReport is Free and ProprietarySpaceSniffer is also Free and Proprietary
  6. K4DirStat icon
     12 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  7. crossdirstat icon
     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. PA Storage Monitor shows what you are storing and supports your storage manager tasks. Many rich file reports, including file owner information available.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. ferris-scan icon
     1 like

    ferris-scan is a lightweight and fast both terminal user interface (TUI) and graphic user interface (GUI) alternative to WinDirStat. Built with Rust and ratatui, it scans your disk in parallel using a thread pool, allowing you to quickly navigate directories directly from the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. xdiskusage icon
     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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