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dust vs Ralph

dust

github.com

Ralph

github.com

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FiguredustRalph
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
Web—Yes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · CMDB Software8.6 (#11)7.9 (#20)
LicenseThe repository contains the Apache License 2.0 text.The project is open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
Purposedust is a Rust tool described as a more intuitive version of du for seeing where disk space is used.Ralph is an asset management, DCIM and CMDB system for data centers and back offices.
SupportThe repository provides GitHub Issues and Discussions for the project.The maintainers say they publish source under a “Sources only” model without guarantees and do not guarantee issue responses or pull request support; they point users seeking commercial support to the community forum.

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dust

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In their own words

dust

dust is a free Rust command-line tool for finding where disk space is used. It lays out large files and subdirectories as a tree, with colored bars showing disk usage and hierarchy. Filters can include or exclude files using regular expressions and set a minimum file size. Output options let you show files or directories, group by file type, and choose size units. A screen-reader option removes bars and symbols and adds a depth-level column. dust runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with release packages listed for each, including architecture-specific builds. The README lists installation routes including Cargo, Homebrew, DNF, Snap, mise, Pacstall, conda-forge, deb-get, x-cmd, and Scoop. The Snap package can access files only in /home. The project is licensed under Apache-2.0; its v1.2.6 release page displays SHA-256 checksums for downloads. GitHub Issues and Discussions are available for support.

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Ralph

Ralph is free, open-source software for asset management, data center infrastructure management, and configuration management databases in data centers and back offices. It records hardware purchases, ownership, and asset lifecycles through flexible workflow flows, and includes data center visualization, service mapping, and discovery imports. Ralph can be self-hosted on premises and exposes a REST-style web API for querying and populating its database. API resources support GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE, using an automatically generated personal token in the Authorization header. Cloud synchronization supports OpenStack Ocata, with documentation for providers such as AWS. LDAP or Active Directory authentication can be enabled. Ralph is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license and costs nothing. Production Debian packages target Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic on AMD64; Docker Compose installation is experimental. The maintainers provide source without guarantees for issue responses or pull-request support and direct commercial-support seekers to the community forum.

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