Fast tools for checking disk utilization
Conclusions
Even if you already use ncdu
, gdu
is well worth a look. godu
is as fast as gdu
and offers a broader overview. godu
will be your favorite if you want to exclude directories and files or only read files above a certain size. In addition, godu
lets you delete previously selected objects.
If you only want to see all mounted devices and their sizes, duf
offers the best overview. In all other aspects, however, its competitors impress with greater flexibility. Having said this, all three candidates offer more than the standard tools du
and df
in one respect or another.
Infos
- ncdu: https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu
- "Weighing in with ncdu" by Ferdinand Thommes, Linux Magazine, issue 214, September 2018: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2018/214/Ncdu
- gdu: https://github.com/dundee/gdu
- godu: https://github.com/viktomas/godu
- duf: https://github.com/muesli/duf
- Miller columns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_columns
- godu download: https://github.com/viktomas/godu/releases/latest
- duf download: https://github.com/muesli/duf/releases
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