SpaceSniffer Alternatives for Linux

SpaceSniffer 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 SpaceSniffer and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SpaceSniffer are Filelight, ncdu, Space Radar and JDiskReport.

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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.

    90 Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
     
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  2. Filelight icon
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    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.

    74 Filelight alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
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  3. ncdu icon
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    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...

    47 ncdu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    75 JDiskReport alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  5. K4DirStat icon
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    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.

    75 K4DirStat alternatives

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    • Linux
    • KDE
     
  6. ferris-scan icon
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    ferris-scan is a lightweight and fast both terminal user interface (TUI) and graphic user interface (GUI) alternative to WinDirStat. Built with Rust and ratatui, it scans your disk in parallel using a thread pool, allowing you to quickly navigate directories directly from the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. crossdirstat icon
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    Free open-source cross-platform file & directory statistics as found on Github

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    A disk usage free utility for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. PA Storage Monitor shows what you are storing and supports your storage manager tasks. Many rich file reports, including file owner information available.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. xdiskusage icon
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    xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of xhttp://alternativeto.net/software/xdu/ written by Phillip C. Dykstra <dykstra at ieee dot org & gt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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