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They are getting very close to releasing windirstat-next [0] and already have some betas out, you can learn more about it in the subreddit. [1] >WinDirStat fan
by molticrystal 2y ago
They are getting very close to releasing windirstat-next [0] and already have some betas out, you can learn more about it in the subreddit. [1]
>WinDirStat fans,
>As a new pet project, I recently started some substantial revisions to WinDirStat in my GitHub branch and will work with current maintainer (Oliver Schneider) to eventually publish a new release hopefully in the next few months. The current changes on deck speed up performance drastically (seconds compared to minutes in some cases). It uses less memory compared to recent alternatives (WizTree), is faster as scanning network paths, and obviously isn't pushy about donating (although I certainly would not discourage folks from donating to their favorite opensource projects).
>Oliver recently opened up the GitHub Issues trackers, and I would love to hear suggestions or known bugs for the existing version:
>For the nerds interested in the changes I have queued up, you can visit the GitHub page
[0] https://github.com/windirstat/windirstat-next https://github.com/windirstat/windirstat-next
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/WinDirStat/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WinDirStat/
- mlrtime 2y agoHijacking this comment... Does anyone know anything close to WinDirStat for google drive? I really need something like this.
- rmholt 2y agoMount Google Drive as a folder (rclone) and run WinDirStat?
- i15e 2y agoYou could install the Google Drive client and then run WinDirStat against the virtual drive letter that it creates: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124 https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10838124
- xd1936 2y agoI have done this before, and it works, but the client downloads every single file locally in the background before it's able to do the comparison. I suspect this is because WinDirStat requests metadata about the file itself, and the sync client needs to download the files in order to serve that metadata and/or file contents information to the application.
- swozey 2y agoAbout a decade ago when I worked in IT I used Treesize Pro to scan SMB volumes and delete the MOVIES that employees had downloaded on their computers, which meant they were downloading MOVIES to our SAN because we used roaming profiles. I'll never get over that these people downloaded literal pirated movies to our servers. It was constant. I ended up putting file size limits on their directories, or a file extension block, I forget. The free version can't scan network drives if the servers on a domain IIRC. https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free edit: Oh I thought I read SMB drive not google drive for some reason. I'm not sure if this does that or not. It's my favorite GUI so worth checking out.
- nickcw 2y agoYou can use `rclone ncdu` on Google Drive https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_ncdu/ It is great at answering the question - where is all my storage? Also has a handy interface for deleting stuff.
- nektro 2y agothis has been my go-to. great tool all around
- swozey 2y agoIt really frustrates me when a project has a GUI and there are no screenshots of it on their github. I know exactly what Windirstat looks like, I have no idea what this will/does look like and shouldn't have to install it to find out. I don't like Windirstats UI.
- mateus1 2y agoIt is a directory view coupled to a tree map view of folders where the area is proportional to their size. Navigating the directory view highlights the corresponding area on the tree map. Files are color coded according to their type.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- Jackson__ 2y agoWow, that's beautifully fast and opposed to WizTree it doesn't nag you to donate literally every 6.5 seconds (I timed it).