WinDirStat
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool, inspired by KDirStat.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
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WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool, inspired by
KDirStat .
You can also examine Network Drives very fast.
Language for application AND help files can be set to Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Russian.

You can also examine Network Drives very fast.
Language for application AND help files can be set to Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Russian.
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- disk-usage
- treemap
- harddrive
- disk-space
- disk-analysis
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Our users have written 28 comments and reviews about WinDirStat, and it has gotten 945 likes
- Developed by WinDirStat
- Open Source and Free product.
- Average rating of 3.4
- 82 alternatives listed
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View allWinDirStat was added to AlternativeTo by zteff on Mar 22, 2009 and this page was last updated Nov 25, 2020. WinDirStat is sometimes referred to as Windows Directory Statistics.
Quick, bullet-points review.
Winner: Space Sniffer.
Goals
Visualization Types
WinDirStat (3/5)
+++ Both relative bar charts and a treemap
-- Does not monitor disk for changes
-- I find it hard to use the treemap for anything but finding single, large files
-- Sometimes reports wrong sizes (happened to me in Divx player cache directory, anybody got an explanation?)
-- Can only delete single files / directories
--- Slow! (~ 4 minutes for my C drive)
Mind Gems Folder Size (2/5)
++ Useful, good-looking and informative non-hierarchical cake chart + relative/absolute bar charts
-- Does not monitor changes on disk
-- No hierarchical visualization (treemap / hierarchical cake) at all.
-- Sometimes deleted items do not disappear properly (only after F5)
--- Slow! (~ 5 minutes for my C drive)
SpaceSniffer (4/5)
+++ Treemap-Visualization with adjustable detail, navigation, labels (what WinDirStat wanted to do)
+++ FAST Scanning
++ Gives you full explorer context menu
~ Donation Button, non-obstrusive
~ No installation
-- No simple bar chart visualization possible.
-- Can only delete single files / directories
-- No "open explorer here" if not included in explorer context menu
Tip: Disable distracting Mouse Trail
Tip: Disable Console Popup
Tip: Enable File Type highlighting
TreeSize (4/5)
++ Simple!
++ Quite fast scanning
~ Software Ads, non-obstrusive
-- No other visualization options
SpaceMonger (2/5)
++ Favorites
++ Statistics
-- Awkward
--- 30 Day trail :(
jDiskReport - No delete function => no rating
++ Savable scans
++ Statistics (Type, Size, Date)
-- Slow!
--- No delete function at all
OverDisk - No delete function => no rating
+++ Beautiful, exact display of folder size structures using hierarchical
-- Does not monitor hard disc
-- Hard to get a quick overview since diagram does not contain labels (only mouse-over)
--- No delete function built-in
Best Speed: Space Sniffer
Best Non-Hierarchical Visualization: Folder Size
Best Hierarchical Visualization: Space Sniffer
Best User Interface: Space Sniffer
Best Delete Behavior: Space Monger
Others:
Folder Size (by Brio) - Only works for 2000 & XP
Sequoia View - Original Treemap implementation, very basic
Xinorbis - Failed to start
Disk Space Fan - Huge interface delays
Also many advanced filemanagers support basic display of folder sizes or even visualization, like FAR, FreeCommander, TotalCommander.
Thank you so much for this review. You saved so many people's precious times.
(I created an account here just to say this)
Reply written over 9 years ago
Thank you for spending your time to test then review those softwares ;-)
Reply written over 7 years ago
thank you!
Reply written over 5 years ago
After all these years without an update, it's STILL the best of them all.
Runs quick (faster than JDiskReport) and stable on Vista business 64 bit.
I think it is the best application compared with the alternatives, and it allows to examine network drives for free.
TreeSize Free can only examine local drives.
nice app to find what to delete when you are running out of space.
It shows a good visualization of all folders and files.