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On Windows, WinDirStat is a great tool. https://windirstat.net/ https://windirstat.net/

by jamesrom 10y ago

Dylan16807 10y ago
I use it on linux too. I haven't seen anything that comes close in ability to visualize an entire drive.
- ghostly_s 10y ago
  I believe Windirstat is basically a direct port of K4dirstat, though I've found the outdated interface and KDE dependencies frustrating. I discovered Baobab has a similar box visualization available via an easy-to-miss icon at the bottom of the window, in addition to the default pretty-but-not-very-useful ring graph. Unfortunately both have the major shortcoming of not including individual large files.
  - Dylan16807 10y ago
    It is, but the rendering method is importantly different. Kdirstat decays into a low-contrast blob on a lot of files.
wibr 10y ago
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ the scanner tool is also quite neat and freeware
porker 10y ago
On Windows, TreeSize from http://www.jam-software.de http://www.jam-software.de is one of the few utilities I'm happy to pay for. Blazingly fast and I found its visualizations more intuitive than the others.
kraftman 10y ago
And ADirStat for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.flightofstairs.ADirStat https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.flightofst...
- digi_owl 10y ago
  I'm a sucker for DiskUsage myself. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
alimbada 10y ago
The gradients in the WinDirStat UI make me physically cringe; I've always used SpaceSniffer instead.
allaniamtheking 10y ago
Directory Report is a good tool if you want to scan millions of files WinDirStat is slow http://www.file-utilities.com http://www.file-utilities.com
Flenser 10y ago
There's a fork of windirstat here: https://github.com/ariccio/altWinDirStat https://github.com/ariccio/altWinDirStat It's had most of the functionality ripped out, but it's been optimised to run blazingly fast.

On Windows, WinDirStat is a great tool. https://windirstat.net/ https://windirstat.net/

Dylan16807 10y ago

I use it on linux too. I haven't seen anything that comes close in ability to visualize an entire drive.

ghostly_s 10y ago
I believe Windirstat is basically a direct port of K4dirstat, though I've found the outdated interface and KDE dependencies frustrating. I discovered Baobab has a similar box visualization available via an easy-to-miss icon at the bottom of the window, in addition to the default pretty-but-not-very-useful ring graph. Unfortunately both have the major shortcoming of not including individual large files.
- Dylan16807 10y ago
  It is, but the rendering method is importantly different. Kdirstat decays into a low-contrast blob on a lot of files.

wibr 10y ago

http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/ the scanner tool is also quite neat and freeware

porker 10y ago

On Windows, TreeSize from http://www.jam-software.de http://www.jam-software.de is one of the few utilities I'm happy to pay for. Blazingly fast and I found its visualizations more intuitive than the others.

kraftman 10y ago

And ADirStat for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.flightofstairs.ADirStat https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.flightofst...

digi_owl 10y ago
I'm a sucker for DiskUsage myself. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

alimbada 10y ago

The gradients in the WinDirStat UI make me physically cringe; I've always used SpaceSniffer instead.

allaniamtheking 10y ago

Directory Report is a good tool if you want to scan millions of files WinDirStat is slow http://www.file-utilities.com http://www.file-utilities.com

Flenser 10y ago

There's a fork of windirstat here: https://github.com/ariccio/altWinDirStat https://github.com/ariccio/altWinDirStat It's had most of the functionality ripped out, but it's been optimised to run blazingly fast.