# WizTree

12 Hacker News commenters recommended WizTree and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Fast disk space analyzer that reads NTFS file system metadata instead of scanning every file, so it shows what is using storage almost instantly on Windows.

## Why people recommend it

- Very fast by reading file metadata (3 comments): "It reads directly from the file system metadata tables instead of having to scan the whole filesystem, so the file tree loads much faster." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478754)) "load the file system indices and works almost instantly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46938790)) "it's really fast for NTFS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48940840))
- Much faster than WinDirStat (2 comments): "Orders of magnitude faster than windirstat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46432265)) "a lot faster than WinDirStat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939943))
- Standard Windows tool for disk usage (2 comments): "very common tools from Windows admin toolkits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47220603)) "Windows equivalent: WizTree" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424931))
- Shows what is consuming storage (2 comments): "is great for figuring out what's consuming your storage space" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050339)) "I wish there was something as fast as WizTree for Linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46427230))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GrandPerspective](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grandperspective.md): 11 recommend
- [WinDirStat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windirstat.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

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