ncdu Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to ncdu for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac 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 25 alternatives to ncdu and 18 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to ncdu are SquirrelDisk, Filelight, GrandPerspective and DaisyDisk.

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ncdu alternatives are mainly Disk Usage Analyzers, but if you're looking for System Cleaners or Disk Imaging Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to ncdu.
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  1. 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
     
  2. SquirrelDisk icon
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    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
     
  3. Filelight icon
     67 likes

    Provides graphical disk usage analysis using interactive segmented rings, scans local, remote and removable disks, enables navigation and file management from within the interface, displays live info on hover, and integrates with KDE file managers for efficient data management.

    67 Filelight alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  4. GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system. It can help you to manage your disk, as you can easily spot which files and folders take up the most space.

    75 GrandPerspective alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. DaisyDisk icon
     114 likes

    Analyzes disk usage with an intuitive sunburst map, locating and previewing large or unused files across any mounted disk, with drag-and-drop management, fast scanning, real-time updates as files are removed, system integration, and support for various file systems.

    88 DaisyDisk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. DiskPoint icon
     11 likes

    Cross-platform disk cleaning tool offering private, local file operations with no data tracking, no cloud uploads, no ads, no cost, and an intuitive interface. Fast performance, efficient space recovery, and full functionality for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. gdu icon
     3 likes

    Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Duc icon
     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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9.  2 likes

    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
     
  10. JDiskReport icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. crossdirstat icon
     4 likes

    Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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