dundee/gdu
Gdu
gdu is a command line disk usage analyzer and interactive disk profiler used to scan directories and visualize space consumption across file systems. It functions as a file system management tool that allows for the identification and removal of large files and folders to free up storage.
The tool features a cursor-based interface for navigating directory structures and archives. It provides a storage cleanup workflow that enables the deletion of selected items directly from the analysis view, utilizing parallel execution to reduce I/O wait times.
The application supports recursive directory traversal with pattern-based filtering to exclude specific paths. It includes capabilities for exporting scan statistics to JSON files for later review and manages user preferences through YAML configuration files.
Internal application performance profiling is available via HTTP to monitor memory and CPU usage.
Features
- Disk Space Management - Identifies files and folders consuming the most storage to facilitate disk space reclamation.
- File System Navigators - Provides an interactive interface for browsing directories and archives to locate large files.
- File System Utilities - Provides a utility for deleting files and folders directly from a disk usage analysis view.
- Interface-Driven Deletions - Enables the removal of selected items directly from the analysis interface using parallel execution.
- Recursive Directory Traversers - Recursively scans file system trees to aggregate folder sizes and identify large files.
- Disk Cleanup Utilities - Enables the identification and removal of unnecessary data directly from the analysis view.
- Disk Usage Analyzers - Scans directories to identify space consumption and displays results in interactive and non-interactive modes.
- Interactive Disk Profilers - Provides a cursor-based interface for navigating directory structures and locating large files for cleanup.
- File System Browsers - Offers a cursor-based tree-view interface for navigating directory structures and archives.
- Scan Result Exporters - Serializes scanned disk statistics into JSON files for external analysis and persistence.
- Analysis Result Exporters - Saves disk usage statistics to machine-readable JSON files for external integration and review.
- File Pattern Matching - Excludes specific directories or file types from analysis using user-defined path matching rules.
- Parallel Removal Operations - Executes multiple file system removal operations concurrently to reduce time spent waiting for I/O tasks.
- File System Scan Filters - Limits analysis to specific file types or date ranges while ignoring designated directories.
- Disk Usage Exporters - Exports storage statistics to files for auditing and review without requiring a new system scan.
- Terminal-Based Navigation Interfaces - Provides a cursor-based terminal interface for efficiently navigating directory structures and archives.
- File Handling - Console-based disk usage analyzer.
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