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 18 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to WinDirStat are ncdu (Free, Open Source), QDirStat (Free, Open Source), JDiskReport (Free) and Filelight (Free, Open Source).
- Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical application to analyse disk usage in any Gnome environment. Disk Usage Analyzer can easily scan device volumes or a specific user-requested directory branch (local or remote).
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- GNOME
- Homebrew
Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer vs WinDirStat opinions
Does whatever WinDirStat does, but much more neat UIIt is very fast and has a genuine way of presenting where your harddisk space is being used.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.not enough features; poor uiVery Good, speed just perfectbrinerustle Baobab does not use treemaps. - A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire gaphical setup, but have to do with a simple SSH connection.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
ncdu vs WinDirStat opinions
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.headphoneamp it is supported by Linux Terminal - QDirStat is a graphical application to show where your disk space has gone and to help you to clean it up. From the author of the original KDirStat.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
QDirStat vs WinDirStat opinions
Visually looks exactly like windirstat.it is very similar to windirstat, it has similar features and is very fastlooks very similar to windirstat and seems to work the same. I like it. - 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.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
No screenshots yet - Features: Scan local, remote or removable disks. Configurable color schemes. File system navigation by mouse clicks. Information about files and directories on hovering. Files and directories can be copied or removed directly from the context menu.
Filelight vs WinDirStat opinions
Neat interface. Easy to find huge files by clicking on directories. - 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.
GD Map vs WinDirStat opinions
Most closely resembles windirstatDoes not show status of file scanningbrinerustle Because it uses treemaps. K4DirStat is a better choice for those using KDE, as it also allows deletion of files, etc.It works very much alike WinDirStat, albeit without tree directory and you cant really delete anything from the GDM itself, but it shows all the necessary file paths for you to do it easily. - 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.No screenshots yet
K4DirStat vs WinDirStat opinions
brinerustle 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. - Disk Usage Reports is a web-based way to view disk usage on remote computers or servers, or to provide usage reports to users who store files on your server. Reports are stored as static files which are retrieved via AJAX. No database is required.
Discontinued
Latest version 2.0.1 is back to April, 5 2013
- Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github - Generate a directory tree for any given folder - View any folder as colored rectangles (squarified algorithm) - Customize the rectangle colors and show statistics about filetypes - Export...No screenshots yet
- 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.