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A Rust/Electron/three.js cross-platform disk-space usage analyzer. It's meant to be easy to learn, efficient to use, and nice to look at. I have a beta up and

A Rust/Electron/three.js cross-platform disk-space usage analyzer. It's meant to be easy to learn, efficient to use, and nice to look at. I have a beta up and would love any feedback: https://diskatlas.com/ https://diskatlas.com/ It's my first small software business idea that I'm seriously pursuing. My goal with it is to earn enough passive income that I can return to work on more ambitious exploratory projects, e.g.: http://symbolflux.com/projects/avd http://symbolflux.com/projects/avd

rasen58 6y ago
This looks cool but do you have evidence that people will pay for it? I usually just use the terminal to figure out disk free/used.
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- ljoshua 6y ago
  Not OP, but I’ve paid for tools like this in the past, such as DaisyDisk. I know the commands as well, but doing investigations into why I suddenly only gave 2 gigs of space left are often much easier for me when I can instantly see it laid out visually. I think I’m just a strongly visual person. Looks really cool, keep going with it!
app17 6y ago
Have you looked at https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri as a more lightweight and Rust friendly alternative to Electron ?
- westoncb 6y ago
  I hadn't seen that—looks perfect for my use case. Electron has certainly had its downsides (app size, of course), including the difficulty of integrating with Rust (via Neon). I'll keep an eye on it though I'd be concerned about reliability of continued support at this point (in comparison to Electron).
Ndymium 6y ago
Looks really cool, I use Disk Inventory X but it's old and it shows, it's very slow and often crashes. I will have to try out your app.
- westoncb 6y ago
  Thanks :)
canada_dry 6y ago
Slick ui! If you can add in the ability to identify the likeness of whole folders (i.e. folders who's contents have been whole/partial copied elsewhere by %/# duplicated content) - I'd want it! It's a file mgmt coding project that's been on my todo list for a while.

rasen58 6y ago

This looks cool but do you have evidence that people will pay for it? I usually just use the terminal to figure out disk free/used.

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ljoshua 6y ago
Not OP, but I’ve paid for tools like this in the past, such as DaisyDisk. I know the commands as well, but doing investigations into why I suddenly only gave 2 gigs of space left are often much easier for me when I can instantly see it laid out visually. I think I’m just a strongly visual person. Looks really cool, keep going with it!

app17 6y ago

Have you looked at https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri as a more lightweight and Rust friendly alternative to Electron ?

westoncb 6y ago
I hadn't seen that—looks perfect for my use case. Electron has certainly had its downsides (app size, of course), including the difficulty of integrating with Rust (via Neon). I'll keep an eye on it though I'd be concerned about reliability of continued support at this point (in comparison to Electron).

Ndymium 6y ago

Looks really cool, I use Disk Inventory X but it's old and it shows, it's very slow and often crashes. I will have to try out your app.

westoncb 6y ago
Thanks :)

canada_dry 6y ago

Slick ui! If you can add in the ability to identify the likeness of whole folders (i.e. folders who's contents have been whole/partial copied elsewhere by %/# duplicated content) - I'd want it! It's a file mgmt coding project that's been on my todo list for a while.