WinDirStat Alternatives

WinDirStat visualizes storage with treemap displays to quickly spot large files and folders, including on network drives. Users value its open-source nature and treemap-based disk visualization, but often switch due to speed and update concerns. Users complain that it can be slow, especially when scanning large drives or complex directory trees.

WizTree is the top-ranked alternative and reads the NTFS Master File Table directly, so scans can finish in seconds rather than minutes on Windows. SpaceSniffer ranks second with an easy-to-read treemap layout that users call simpler to understand, featuring a sober color scheme and labeled squares. TreeSize offers quicker scans and a friendlier UI with a separate free edition users say is "enough."

Disk analyzers split between Windows-first treemap tools and cross-platform open-source options, with QDirStat providing a WinDirStat-like experience for Linux users.

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WinDirStat is a disk usage analyzer that helps visualize storage consumption through treemap displays. For open source transparency, Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer, Czkawka, and Filelight are community-driven options across Linux and macOS platforms. Linux users can choose Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer with GNOME integration, QDirStat for a WinDirStat-like UI, or ncdu for terminal-first analysis. Windows users seeking speed and polish have WizTree, TreeSize, and SpaceSniffer as frequently recommended disk analyzers with strong visual layouts.

If duplicates matter more than charts, Czkawka offers content-based comparison alongside its disk analysis features, while WizTree includes duplicate locator functionality. Terminal workflows benefit from ncdu, which is built for ncurses use over SSH, and dua-cli as another terminal-based directory analyzer for sysadmins working remotely. Android users managing phone storage can use DiskUsage for zoomable directory diagrams or disky for storage breakdown by directory and apps.

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  1. TreePie icon
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    TreePie : a simple way to display disk usage. It shows the distribution of size in a tree of directories by using an interactive multilevel pie (sunburst diagram). Really small and simple.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. gdu icon
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    Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. ShowMan icon
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    Program to help recover disk space. Gives pie-chart view of disk usage, including unused space, with the ability to drill down into folders. Shows actual or nominal space occupied. Knows about the effects of cluster sizes.

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    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • ShowMan is the most popular Web-based alternative to WinDirStat.

    • ShowMan is Paid and ProprietaryWinDirStat is Free and Open Source
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    The FoldersReport utility scans a drive or a base folder that you select, and displays essential information for each folder that it finds: The size of all files inside the folder, The real files size on the disk, number of files inside the folder, number of hidden files, number...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Commander icon
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    File management utility and image viewer. The program has an effective split screen interface with two directory views or a directory view and a file viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Disk usage or other tree data display program. Typical usage: du -xm / | xdu -n

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Help you to view at a glance all the folders, files inside them and the space occupied by them on your system

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    a tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
     
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