godu

An interactive terminal utility written in Go for finding the files and folders filling a disk.

FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line
Official websitegithub.com

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About godu

godu scans a directory and lets you browse the results interactively in the terminal to find which files and folders take up the most space. It is written in Go and distributed as a single command-line program.

It suits people who work in a terminal, including on servers over SSH, and want a quick way to track down large directories without a graphical tool. It is a separate project from gdu, a similarly named disk usage analyser.

Strengths

  • Interactive browsing of disk usage in the terminal
  • Single Go binary
  • Works over SSH on remote machines

Limitations

  • Terminal only, no graphical view
  • Smaller project with occasional updates

Details

Pricing
FreeFree and open source.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
Tomas Vik
Platforms
macOS, Linux, Command line
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Finding large folders from the terminal
Last verified
Added
Provenance
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Alternatives to godu

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Software that can replace godu for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • 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 more featured text interface for SSH servers, with parallel scanning, binary export and in-place deletion, and also has no Windows build.

  • gdu

    Find large directories with a terminal disk-usage analyzer.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    gdu is a Go terminal analyzer with parallel scans that also runs on Windows, under the MIT license.

  • dua-cli

    Explore disk usage and remove unwanted files in the terminal.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    dua-cli adds Windows support and optional deletion from its interactive terminal view, under the MIT license.

  • Dust

    See which directories consume space in a compact terminal tree.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Dust prints a compact size-bar tree instead of an interactive browser, and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • pdu (parallel-disk-usage)

    A command-line directory tree analyzer that measures disk usage in parallel and prints a size chart.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    pdu prints a parallel-scanned size chart non-interactively, with shell completions, and cannot delete or move files.

  • erdtree

    A multi-threaded command-line tool that shows a directory tree together with disk usage.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    erdtree shows the file tree with disk usage in one multi-threaded command across platforms, without interactive browsing.

godu as an alternative

Listings that name godu as an alternative.

  • diskus

    Measure the total size of a directory from the command line.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    godu is a free, open-source Go terminal utility for interactively browsing disk usage on macOS and Linux, rather than printing a directory total.

  • Duc

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    godu is a single Go binary for macOS and Linux that browses disk usage interactively in the terminal, with no graphical or web view.

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