DaisyDisk Alternatives for Linux

DaisyDisk is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to DaisyDisk and 19 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to DaisyDisk are SquirrelDisk, Filelight, ncdu and QDirStat.

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DaisyDisk alternatives are mainly Disk Usage Analyzers, but if you're looking for System Cleaners or File Managers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Open Source, Mac + Free, Mac, Linux and Windows + Disk Usage Analysis. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DaisyDisk.
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  1. Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer icon

    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer

     242 likes

    Powerful GNOME application that provides in-depth disk usage analysis with graphical representation. It supports scanning of volumes, specific directories, and network folders, offering insights into space allocation both locally and remotely.

    83 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
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    Comments about Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer as an Alternative to DaisyDisk
    ultome
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    0

    It's powerful and very nice graphically

    Guest
    Negative
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    windows-based when Daisy Disk is Mac

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer icon

    • Most users think Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is a great DaisyDisk alternative.

    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to DaisyDisk.

    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is Free and Open SourceDaisyDisk is Paid and Proprietary
    • Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer is LightweightDaisyDisk is not according to our users
  2. SquirrelDisk icon

    SquirrelDisk

     65 likes

    SquirrelDisk shows you exactly what's taking up all that space and helps you clear it out. Using SquirrelDisk is a matter of clicking one button to easily find all the huge files on your computer.

    89 SquirrelDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. ncdu icon

    ncdu

     133 likes

    A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical 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...

    43 ncdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
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  7. JDiskReport icon

    JDiskReport

     93 likes

    JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders.

    70 JDiskReport alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. dua-cli

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    dua (-> Disk Usage Analyzer) is a tool to conveniently learn about the usage of disk space of a given directory. It's parallel by default and will max out your SSD, providing relevant information as fast as possible.

    55 dua-cli alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
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  10. K4DirStat icon

    K4DirStat

     11 likes

    K4DirStat, fork of KDirStat , is a small utility program that sums up disk usage for directory trees, very much like the Unix 'du' command. It displays the disk space used up by a directory tree, both numerically and graphically.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
     

  11. duf

     6 likes

    A disk usage free utility for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. GD Map icon

    GD Map

     21 likes

    GdMap is a tool which allows to visualize disk space. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full or what directory and files take up most of the space? With GdMap these questions can be answered quickly. To display directory structures cushion treemaps are used which visualize a...

    56 GD Map alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. Duc icon

    Duc

     5 likes

    Duc is a collection of tools for inspecting and visualizing disk usage.

    Duc scales quite well, it has been tested on systems with more than 500 million files and several petabytes of storage.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  14. Disk Space Saver icon

    Disk Space Saver

     6 likes

    Disk Space Analyzer that saves hundreds of gigabytes!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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