ncdu 2.6

dat/ncdu.md

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 % NCurses Disk Usage
 
-Ncdu is a disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface. It is designed to find
-space hogs on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup
-available, but it is a useful tool even on regular desktop systems. 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.
+Ncdu is a disk usage analyzer with a text-mode user interface. It is designed
+to find space hogs on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical
+setup available, but it is a useful tool even on regular desktop systems. Ncdu
+aims to be fast, simple, easy to use, and should be able to run on any
+POSIX-like system.
 
-**NEWS FLASH!** Ncdu 2.5 adds support for parallel scanning, but it's not
-(yet?) enabled by default. To give it a try, run with `-t8` to scan with 8
-threads. If you're running an unusual setup, such as networked storage, odd
-filesystems, complex RAID configurations, etc, I'd love to hear about the
-performance impact of this new feature. Feedback is welcome on the [issue
-tracker](https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/ncdu/issues) or through mail @
-[projects@yorhel.nl](mailto:projects@yorhel.nl).
-<br>
-If you want to run benchmarks, `-0 --quit-after-scan` can be useful to disable
-the browser interface, or run with `-0o/dev/null` to benchmark JSON export.
+## Notable updates
+
+Parallel scanning
+:   Ncdu 2.5 adds support for parallel scanning, but it's not enabled by
+    default. To give it a try, run with `-t8` to scan with 8 threads. If you're
+    running an unusual setup, such as networked storage, odd filesystems,
+    complex RAID configurations, etc, I'd love to hear about the performance
+    impact of this new feature. Feedback is welcome on the [issue
+    tracker](https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/ncdu/issues) or to
+    [projects@yorhel.nl](mailto:projects@yorhel.nl).[^1]
+
+Binary export
+:   Ncdu 2.6 adds a new binary export format that better works with parallel
+    scanning, offers built-in compression and supports browsing directory
+    trees that are too large to fit in memory. To give it a try, use the `-O`
+    flag instead of `-o`.
+
+Colors
+:   Ncdu has had color support since version 1.13. Colors were enabled by
+    default in 1.17 and 2.0, and then later disabled again in 1.20 and 2.4
+    because the text was not legible in all terminal configurations.
+
+    If you do prefer the colors, add `--color=dark` to your [config
+    file](/ncdu/man#configuration). Maybe at some point in the future we'll
+    have colors that *are* readable in every setup.
 
 ## Download <a href="/ncdu/feed.atom"><img src="/img/feed_icon.png" alt="Atom feed"></a>
 
 Static binaries
 :   Convenient static binaries for Linux. Download, extract and run; no
     compilation or installation necessary:
-    [x86](/download/ncdu-2.5-linux-x86.tar.gz) -
-    [x86_64](/download/ncdu-2.5-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) -
-    [ARM](/download/ncdu-2.5-linux-arm.tar.gz) -
-    [AArch64](/download/ncdu-2.5-linux-aarch64.tar.gz).
+    [x86](/download/ncdu-2.6-linux-x86.tar.gz) -
+    [x86_64](/download/ncdu-2.6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) -
+    [ARM](/download/ncdu-2.6-linux-arm.tar.gz) -
+    [AArch64](/download/ncdu-2.6-linux-aarch64.tar.gz).
 
 Zig version (stable)
-:   2.5 (2024-07-24 - [ncdu-2.5.tar.gz](/download/ncdu-2.5.tar.gz) - [changes](/ncdu/changes2))
+:   2.6 (2024-09-27 - [ncdu-2.6.tar.gz](/download/ncdu-2.6.tar.gz) - [changes](/ncdu/changes2))
 
     Requires Zig 0.12 or 0.13.
 
@@ -106,3 +121,8 @@ There's no shortage of alternatives to ncdu nowadays. In no particular order:
 - [K4DirStat](https://github.com/jeromerobert/k4dirstat) - Qt, treemap.
 - [xdiskusage](http://xdiskusage.sourceforge.net/) - FLTK, with a treemap display.
 - [fsv](http://fsv.sourceforge.net/) - 3D visualization.
+
+
+[^1]: If you want to run benchmarks, `-0 --quit-after-scan` can be useful to
+    disable the browser interface, or run with `-0o/dev/null` to benchmark JSON
+    export.