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Windirstat is similar and my go-to for this on PC. Is there a similar Mac/Linux app?


I use Baobab on Linux. It appears to support MacOS as well.

https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.baobab/


I've used duc on Linux for a while. Can recommend.

https://duc.zevv.nl/


And the fact that you can run the indexing and visualization in separate passes is extremely useful, especially for E.g. large network file systems that are slow to index.


I like, I've been working on a faster parallel scanner written in go for the really large filesystems, in my env it's around 10x faster. In any case I find the scan -> database which the client can view quickly very useful.

Also note that there's text based, graphical, and web interfaces to view the database.


DaisyDisk on macOS https://daisydiskapp.com/


Strangely I haven't found yet a tool like spacemonger or spacesniffer for Linux. None have that square layout so ncdu it is.

Edit: I am trying something new here. Usually when I have beeninging complain or ask for help regarding a computer problem for a long time the solution appears in the minute in the comments or in a Google search. Fingers crossed.


QDirstat and K4Dirstat were the ones to use as of a few years ago; I don't know if there's a newer option since then.


They are still alive but they don't show the folder's names in the squares


Yes, GrandPerspective is a visual file space tool for Mac OS http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/


OmniDiskSweeper on mac: https://www.omnigroup.com/more


GrandPerspective is free and has a lot of feature overlap http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/


I use DaisyDisk for my Macs and WizTree for Windows


I often type

  du -ax / | xdu -n -c 9



qdirstat is the Linux equivalent. https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat





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