Open Source WinDirStat Alternatives for Linux

WinDirStat 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 WinDirStat and 18 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to WinDirStat are Czkawka, ncdu, QDirStat and Filelight.

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WinDirStat alternatives are mainly Disk Usage Analyzers, but if you're looking for System Cleaners or Duplicate File Finders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Android, Windows, Mac + Disk Usage Analysis, Windows + Free and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to WinDirStat.
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  1. Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer icon

    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer

     245 likes

    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.

    84 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 WinDirStat Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    3

    Does whatever WinDirStat does, but much more neat UI

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    15

    Showing directory size is not enough for me. I need to see files sizes in that big directory. And WinDirStat do it on the first page.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -1

    not enough features; poor ui

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 6 comments
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Privacy focusedWinDirStat is not according to our users
  4. ncdu icon

    ncdu

     133 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...

    44 ncdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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    headphoneamp
    Positive
    1

    it is supported by Linux Terminal

    i-hate-it-here
    Positive
    0

    Simple, but very useful. You need to be comfortable with using command line, but it does what it needs to.

    Guest
    Positive
    4

    Many servers are command-line only over ssh, so graphical tools are useless for those. This is a good tool to be able to see what is going on quickly and using only a ssh shell session.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • ncdu is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
  5. QDirStat icon

    QDirStat

     41 likes

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

    66 QDirStat alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    QDirStat vs WinDirStat Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    11

    Visually looks exactly like windirstat.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    It simply works on Linux and has a familiar feel to WinDirStat

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    Well, it's the same but in Linux. Good layout etc. The ony thing I miss is analyzing the entire drive. You can't just analyze /, but /home/ or /whatever/

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • QDirStat is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
  6. Filelight icon

    Filelight

     76 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.

    68 Filelight alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Neat interface. Easy to find huge files by clicking on directories.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Better UI, faster scanning, OpenSource

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Filelight is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
  7. SquirrelDisk icon

    SquirrelDisk

     66 likes

    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.

    90 SquirrelDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    SquirrelDisk vs WinDirStat Comments
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    Positive
    1

    Fast, free, simple, can drag & delete files and folders (asks for confirmation).

    • SquirrelDisk is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
    • SquirrelDisk is Privacy focusedWinDirStat is not according to our users
  9. GD Map icon

    GD Map

     21 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    GD Map vs WinDirStat Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    3

    Most closely resembles windirstat

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
    -1

    Does not show status of file scanning

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    it most closely resembles windirstat.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    3 of 5 comments
    • GD Map is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
  10. K4DirStat icon

    K4DirStat

     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.

    73 K4DirStat alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
     
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    K4DirStat vs WinDirStat Comments
    brinerustle
    Positive
    1

    It uses treemaps, and so provides a good alternative to windirstat for linux users. Really only fully compatible with KDE, and installing it will require that you install a good chunk of the KDE desktop, so gnome users should consider using GD Map instead.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    I like K4DirStat as an alternative to WinDirStat because I like WinDirStat (and its UI) and K4DirStat's UI is very similar.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • K4DirStat is Free and Open SourceWinDirStat is also Free and Open Source
    • K4DirStat is Privacy focusedWinDirStat is not according to our users
  11. Duc icon

    Duc

     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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. D

    dua-cli

     2 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
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  13. crossdirstat icon

    crossdirstat

     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
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