NCurses Disk Usage
Not quite happy with the available disk usage analyzers and looking for a fun project to get used to C programming, I started working on ncdu: A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire gaphical setup, but have to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like environment with ncurses installed.
Download
- Latest version
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1.10 (ncdu-1.10.tar.gzpgp-sha1-md5 - changes - mirror)
I also have convenient static binaries for Linux i486 and ARM. Download, extract and run; no compilation or installation necessary (uses musl).
- Development version
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The most recent code is available on a git repository and can be cloned with
git clone git://g.blicky.net/ncdu.git/. The repository is also available for online browsing.
Ncdu is entirely written in C and available under a liberal MIT license.
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Packages and ports
Ncdu has been packaged for quite a few systems already, here's a list of the ones I am aware of:
AgiliaLinux - AIX - Alpine Linux - ALT Linux - Arch Linux - CRUX - Cygwin - Debian - Fedora - FreeBSD - Frugalware - Gentoo - IPCop - OpenBSD - Mac OS X (Fink - Homebrew - MacPorts) - Pardus - Puppy Linux - Solaris - Slackware (Slackbuilds - Slackers.it) - Ubuntu - Zenwalk
Packages for CentOS, RHEL and (open)SUSE can be found on the Open Build Service.
Similar projects
- gt5 - Quite similar to ncdu, but a different approach.
- tdu - Another small ncurses-based disk usage visualization utility.
- TreeSize - GTK, using a treeview.
- Baobab - GTK, using pie-charts, a treeview and a treemap. Comes with GNOME.
- GdMap - GTK, with a treemap display.
- Filelight - KDE, using pie-charts.
- KDirStat - KDE, with a treemap display.
- QDiskUsage - Qt, using pie-charts.
- xdiskusage - FLTK, with a treemap display.
- fsv - 3D visualization.
- Philesight - Web-based clone of Filelight.