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Dust vs Leaves: catalog facts
Dust	Leaves
Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.	Free Free and open source under the MPL-2.0 license.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Command line
Size bars make large directories easy to spot	Shows disk usage as a hierarchy of nested rectangles Can be used over remote shell connections
Scanning is limited to files the current user can access.	Character-based display is a coarse approximation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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