DaisyDisk
Hacker ApprovedDisk space analyzer in Tools & making
People recommend it as a Mac disk space analyzer that shows folder-level breakdowns and works well with the system, with the one-time cost paying off over time. One critic wanted more performance and features.
12 people recommended DaisyDisk in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 1
The record
Recommended in 4 of 12 months
In 6 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 12 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 6 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 42% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 8 of the 13 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Integrates well with macOS
“they try a lot harder to integrate well with the system than equivalent freeware apps on Windows”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Prediction: Microsoft Is Going to Do the Funniest Thing Imaginable” “DaisyDisk is also a great option on Mac.”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Harddrive Is Probably Full” Used heavily over long periods
“I've been making a lot of use of DaisyDisk over the past year”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps” “I’ve been using it altogether too much this last month”
Comment from 17 Oct 2026 in “Codex Desktop continuously generates Crashpad pending dumps” Shows folder-level disk space breakdown
“Beautiful app. Perfect for discovering this kind of thing.”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wanted more performance and features
“I wanted more performance & features”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Ansel – OSS volume visualization tool”
What people said
8 of the 13 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They still update it, it works perfectly, no version 2.0 forced obsolescence.”
“I’ve been using it altogether too much this last month”
“I've been making a lot of use of DaisyDisk over the past year”
“DaisyDisk is also a great option on Mac.”
“I wanted more performance & features”
“Beautiful app. Perfect for discovering this kind of thing.”
“it's made its money back countless times already”
“they try a lot harder to integrate well with the system than equivalent freeware apps on Windows”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.