# gdu disk usage analyzer

7 Hacker News commenters recommended gdu disk usage analyzer and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fast terminal tool for finding what fills a disk, and people switch to it from du and ncdu. One critic objects to AI-written code in TUI apps like it.

## Why people recommend it

- Quick disk space checks (2 comments): "It saves me running du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -h a million times" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47675280)) "I found it to be way faster than ncdu" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960407))
- Reliable on Linux machines (2 comments): "I recently came across gdu (1) and have installed/used it on every machine since then." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674353)) "I've yet to encounter any issues with gdu for linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49051157))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ncdu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ncdu.md): 22 recommend
- [Leaves](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leaves.md): 16 recommend
- [dust disk usage analyzer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dust.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "gdu disk usage analyzer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gdu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).