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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 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 WinDirStat and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to WinDirStat are Czkawka, ncdu, QDirStat and Filelight.
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diskonaut is a terminal disk space navigator. Given a path on your hard-drive (which could also be the root path, eg. /). diskonaut scans it and indexes its metadata to memory so that you could explore its contents (even while still scanning!).
fsv (pronounced eff-ess-vee) is a file system visualizer in cyberspace. It lays out files and directories in three dimensions, geometrically representing the file system hierarchy to allow visual overview and analysis.
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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.
xdiskusage vs WinDirStat Comments
- xdiskusage is Free and Open Source
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PA Storage Monitor shows what you are storing and supports your storage manager tasks. Many rich file reports, including file owner information available.
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Good very lightweight program for linux. No color coding unfortunately (just white rectangles) but still good for determining what's eating up space on a linux server over X11