Alternatives to K4DirStat

A KDE utility that adds up disk usage for directory trees and shows it as a treemap. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as K4DirStat.

  • QDirStat

    A Qt-based graphical disk usage analyser with a directory tree and treemap view.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinux

    QDirStat is a Qt treemap analyser from the original KDirStat author, with no KDE dependencies and a macOS build.

  • Filelight

    Shows disk usage as concentric rings you can click into.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Filelight shows usage as clickable concentric rings rather than a treemap, runs on Windows and Linux, and scans network locations.

  • Disk Usage Analyzer

    A GNOME app that shows which folders are using disk space, as a tree and chart.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Disk Usage Analyzer is the GNOME tool with tree and chart views, fitting a GNOME desktop instead of KDE.

  • WinDirStat

    Draws your whole drive as a treemap, so a single 40 GB file is a huge rectangle you cannot miss.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    WinDirStat is the Windows treemap tool with duplicate finding by hash and saved scans, and does not run on Linux.

  • GrandPerspective

    Treemap view of disk usage on macOS.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    GrandPerspective draws a treemap and compares saved scans, but runs only on macOS.

  • ncdu

    A disk usage analyser with a text interface, built for finding what is filling a remote server you can only reach over SSH.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    ncdu is a text-interface analyser that works over SSH on servers without a graphical environment.

  • gdu

    Find large directories with a terminal disk-usage analyzer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    gdu is a cross-platform terminal analyzer with parallel scans, replacing the treemap with an interactive text view.

Also worth comparing

These listings name K4DirStat as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Duc

    A set of tools that index disk usage into a database and show it in several interfaces.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    K4DirStat shows directory sizes as a list and treemap on a Linux desktop, fitting KDE best, and scans directly rather than from a stored index.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.