ncdu vs SpaceSniffer
ncdu
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| Figure | ncdu | SpaceSniffer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Disk Cleanup Software | 8.3 (#6) | 7.7 (#12) |
| Spec score · Disk Space Analyzers | 8.2 (#34) | 8.2 (#30) |
| Exportable reports | Yes | Yes |
| File-type breakdown | No | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | The maker lists Linux static binaries and packages for Linux, BSD, AIX, Solaris, macOS, and other systems, plus a Windows binary from another site. | windows |
| Purpose | ncdu is a text-mode disk usage analyzer designed to find space hogs, including on remote servers without a graphical setup. | SpaceSniffer is a portable disk space analysis tool that visualizes the folder and file structure of disks as a treemap. |
| Scanning | Version 2.5 added parallel scanning, which is disabled by default and can be enabled with a thread count option. | Users can navigate during a scan, open multiple filtered views of the same media from one scan, and refine a zoomed area with a secondary scan. |
| Scan scope | files_folders | files_folders |
| Treemap view | No | Yes |
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SpaceSniffer
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