% 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. ## Download Atom feed Static binaries : Convenient static binaries for Linux. Download, extract and run; no compilation or installation necessary: [x86](/download/ncdu-2.4-linux-x86.tar.gz) - [x86_64](/download/ncdu-2.4-linux-x86_64.tar.gz) - [ARM](/download/ncdu-2.4-linux-arm.tar.gz) - [AArch64](/download/ncdu-2.4-linux-aarch64.tar.gz). Zig version (stable) : 2.4 (2024-04-21 - [ncdu-2.4.tar.gz](/download/ncdu-2.4.tar.gz) - [changes](/ncdu/changes2)) Requires Zig 0.12 or 0.13. The [Zig language](https://ziglang.org/) and compiler are still somewhat unstable, use the ncdu 1.x branch if this does not work for you or if you need a more stable compilation environment. C version (LTS) : 1.20 (2024-04-21 - [ncdu-1.20.tar.gz](/download/ncdu-1.20.tar.gz) - [changes](/ncdu/changes)) Lags a bit behind on the 2.x version in terms of features and performance, but is still being maintained and perfectly usable. Development version : The most recent code is available on git: ``` git clone git://g.blicky.net/ncdu.git/ ``` The repository is also available for online browsing on [Forgejo](https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/ncdu/) and [cgit](https://g.blicky.net/ncdu.git/). The 'master' branch represents the C version, the Zig version can be found in the 'zig' branch. License : MIT. ## Packages and ports Ncdu has been packaged for quite a few systems, here's a list of the ones I am aware of: [AIX](http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Ncdu) - [Alpine Linux](http://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=ncdu) ([2](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=ncdu2&branch=edge&repo=&arch=&maintainer=)) - [ALT Linux](https://packages.altlinux.org/en/sisyphus/srpms/ncdu/) - [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=ncdu) - [CRUX](https://crux.nu/portdb/?q=ncdu&a=search) - [Cygwin](https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=ncdu) - [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/ncdu) - [Fedora](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/ncdu/ncdu/) - [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ncdu&stype=all) - [Frugalware](https://frugalware.org/package/ncdu/) - [Gentoo](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-fs/ncdu) ([-bin](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-fs/ncdu-bin)) - [GNU Guix](https://guix.gnu.org/packages/N/) - [NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/misc/ncdu/default.nix) - [OpenBSD](https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/sysutils/ncdu/) - [openSUSE](https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=utilities&package=ncdu). [OpenWRT](https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/ncdu) - MacOS ([Fink](https://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/ncdu) - [Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ncdu) - [MacPorts](https://ports.macports.org/search/?q=ncdu&name=on)) - [Solaris](https://www.opencsw.org/packages/ncdu) - [Slackware](https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ncdu/) - [Ubuntu](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=ncdu) - [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.org/packages/?arch=x86_64&q=ncdu). Packages for NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, MirBSD and others can be found on [pkgsrc](http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/ncdu). ## Similar projects There's no shortage of alternatives to ncdu nowadays. In no particular order: - [Duc](http://duc.zevv.nl/) - Multiple user interfaces, C, scales beyond directories that fit in RAM. - [gt5](http://gt5.sourceforge.net/) - TUI/HTML, also supports diffing. - [gdu](https://github.com/dundee/gdu) - TUI/CLI, Go, supports ncdu JSON export and import. - [dua](https://github.com/Byron/dua-cli) - CLI, Rust. - [pdu](https://github.com/KSXGitHub/parallel-disk-usage) - CLI, Rust. - [diskonaut](https://github.com/imsnif/diskonaut) - TUI, Rust, treemap. - [dut](https://codeberg.org/201984/dut), CLI, C. - [godu](https://github.com/viktomas/godu) - TUI, Go, slightly different browser UI. - [tdu](https://github.com/josephpaul0/tdu) - CLI, Go, supports ncdu JSON export. - [TreeSize](http://treesize.sourceforge.net/) - GTK, using a treeview. - [Baobab](http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab/) - GTK, using pie-charts, a treeview and a treemap. Comes with GNOME. - [GdMap](http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/) - GTK, treemap. - [Filelight](https://apps.kde.org/filelight/) - KDE, using pie-charts. - [QDirStat](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat) - Qt, treemap. - [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.