gdu disk usage analyzer
Ranked 7 of 7 disk usage analyzers by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Quick disk space checks
“It saves me running du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -h a million times”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Running Out of Disk Space in Production” “I found it to be way faster than ncdu”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “Ncdu: An Updated Fork” Reliable on Linux machines
“I recently came across gdu (1) and have installed/used it on every machine since then.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Running Out of Disk Space in Production” “I've yet to encounter any issues with gdu for linux.”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Harddrive Is Probably Full”
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The four most recommended other disk usage analyzers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ncdu | 22 | 1 | 96% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Leaves | 16 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| WizTree | 12 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| GrandPerspective | 11 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| gdu disk usage analyzerThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I found it to be way faster than ncdu”
“I've yet to encounter any issues with gdu for linux.”
“it uses AI with Claude, so slop code is infiltrating these TUI apps”
“gdu looks nice, I'll give it a try”
“It saves me running du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -h a million times”
“I recently came across gdu (1) and have installed/used it on every machine since then.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.