Disk Auditor vs QDirStat
Disk Auditor
diskauditor.comQDirStat
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| Figure | Disk Auditor | QDirStat |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Disk Space Analyzers | 8.6 (#7) | 8.5 (#14) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop platforms | Windows | Linux,BSD,Unix-like systems; macOS |
| Purpose | Disk Auditor is a free, portable Windows disk usage analyzer based on WinDirStat. | QDirStat is a graphical application for seeing where disk space is used and helping clean it up. |
| Scan scope | files_folders | files_folders_apps |
| Treemap view | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
Disk Auditor
Disk Auditor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
QDirStat
QDirStat is free graphical software for examining disk usage and cleaning selected files. It displays directory and file sizes in a tree and colored treemap, with views for file types, size histograms, file ages, and free, used, and reserved space on mounted filesystems. Users can select multiple items and run configurable cleanup actions, including moving items to the trash or deleting them. On Linux systems using dpkg, rpm, or pacman, the Packages view lists installed packages and their files; an Unpackaged Files view highlights system files outside those packages. QDirStat targets Linux, BSD, and Unix-like systems on X11 desktops. Third parties provide macOS binaries and Homebrew distribution. There is no native Windows version, although Docker is suggested for non-Linux systems. A Perl script collects headless-server directory data into a cache for desktop viewing; cleanup then occurs on the desktop. Cache files may reveal directory contents and should be protected. QDirStat is GPL V2 software.