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WinDirStat

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WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool, inspired by KDirStat .

Folder sorted after their foldersize

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Windows
4 / 5 Avg rating (54)
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Tree view
  2.  Display files size
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Disk usage statistics
  5.  Hierarchical Structure
  6.  Duplicate File Finder
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Portable
  9.  Works Offline
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  Multiple languages
  12.  Disk Maintenance

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  • bugra, alternativeto-deviant, PredatorQ and RazTK liked WinDirStat
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Comment summary: WinDirStat is praised for its visual representation of disk usage and open-source nature, making it a favored tool for many users seeking to analyze and manage storage. However, it receives criticism for being slow, especially when scanning large drives or complex directories. Compared to alternatives like TreeSize and SpaceSniffer, it is often seen as less efficient and user-friendly. Issues with displaying accurate file sizes and lack of updates are notable concerns among users.
AkiraShoji
  
Top positive commentSep 24, 2015
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zahrun

Resumed in 2018

Reply written Apr 22, 2023

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Rafael Luik
  
Top negative commentFeb 9, 2015

I came here to find an alternative of the nice GNOME Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab) for Windows systems. WinDirStat is open source but it's a million times more messy than SpaceSniffer.

SpaceSniffer is portable, and it shows the folders where the files are in the graph! It's simpler to use and visualize your disk in the way you organized it: in folders. You can visually explore your disk with single or double-clicking the folders.

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Jimbo Styles

Looks like the same thing but not open source. I'd stay away.

Reply written Jan 5, 2017

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Rafael Luik

Without a competent open source alternative SpaceSniffer will be my option. I've been using it for a long time without issues.

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Jimbo Styles

I wouldn't trust you to be capable of identifying issues tbh

Reply written Feb 9, 2017

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Rafael Luik

Yeah, sure, my whole HDD is being uploaded to terrorists, definitely. </irony>

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OriginalFlavor
  
Positive commentOct 22, 2024

Very useful tool. See what is consuming your drive space.

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Cyber Nautilus
  
Negative commentAug 8, 2024

On the opposite end of the spectrum from KDE's equivalent offering is this gem -- their web page exists, but only just about.

When I read that WinDirStat supports all versions of Windows from 95 onwards, I leapt for joy, which was but short-lived!

The Windows' installable files have DISAPPEARED from, both, SourceForge, and it's mirror. What a sad experience!

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ITryOutnSee
  
Positive commentJul 1, 2024

An excellent tool to have when your looking to cleanup your pc. Find out which directories are the biggest & which files are as well. The square map at the bottom is easy to understand click to hop right to the location. This app is only missing a dark mode!

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PigeonCommissar
  
Positive commentMay 18, 2024

It shows clearly what files take up space on your hard drive in a form of easy to read, small squares in different colours. I used it a lot when I actually needed to.

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Ionut Alexandru Maican
  
Positive commentMar 27, 2024

A handy app to view all the files on an HDD or SSD. The detail it can give is incredible (deep scan). Fast, simple and efficient.

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What is WinDirStat?

WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool, inspired by KDirStat icon KDirStat .

WinDirStat is a program that allows you to find drive space hogs at a glance. It achieves that by displaying a drive, drives or directories in a treemap that assigns bigger areas to bigger files and directories. Making those areas visually separate by coloring and other means allows you to see literally at a glance what the space hogs are and where to dig deeper.

The directory tree is simultaneously shown as a tree list and as a treemap. One can effortlessly gain an impression of the proportions on the drive(s).

Major features

  • Three views: Directory Tree, Treemap, and Extension
  • Duplicate file detection
  • Built-in cleanup actions including Open, Delete, Show Properties
  • User-defined cleanup actions (command line based)

Copyright / Licenses

  • Copyright © 2003-2005 Bernhard Seifert (bseifert@users.sourceforge.net)
  • Copyright © 2004-2024 WinDirStat Team (windirstat.net)

The application itself is distributed under the terms of the GPL v2, but parts of the source code are also available under more lenient license terms.

Note: you are not at liberty to upgrade the GPL version to anything later than v2 at this moment.

The logo and all derivatives are available under the terms of the Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0. The logo was generously designed and contributed to the project by Robin "tuqueque" Marín.

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WinDirStat information

  • Developed by

    WinDirStat
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4 (54 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    92 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Chinese
    • Czech
    • Japanese
    • Finnish
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • French
    • German
    • Hungarian
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Spanish

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GitHub repository

  •  1,100 Stars
  •  74 Forks
  •  32 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jan 18, 2025 
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Our users have written 45 comments and reviews about WinDirStat, and it has gotten 1093 likes

WinDirStat was added to AlternativeTo by zteff on Mar 22, 2009 and this page was last updated Oct 22, 2024. WinDirStat is sometimes referred to as Windows Directory Statistics.