WizTree
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 7 disk usage analyzers by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: 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: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 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
Very fast by reading file metadata
“It reads directly from the file system metadata tables instead of having to scan the whole filesystem, so the file tree loads much faster.”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “WinDirStat: Disk usage statistics viewer for Microsoft Windows clients, servers” “load the file system indices and works almost instantly”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Voidtools Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly” “it's really fast for NTFS”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Leaves – a text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer” Much faster than WinDirStat
“Orders of magnitude faster than windirstat”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Flame Graphs vs. Tree Maps vs. Sunburst (2017)” “a lot faster than WinDirStat”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Leaves – a text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer” Standard Windows tool for disk usage
“very common tools from Windows admin toolkits”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Anthropic Cowork feature creates 10GB VM bundle on macOS without warning” “Windows equivalent: WizTree”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Flame Graphs vs. Tree Maps vs. Sunburst (2017)” Shows what is consuming storage
“is great for figuring out what's consuming your storage space”
Comment from 25 Jul 2026 in “Harddrive Is Probably Full” “I wish there was something as fast as WizTree for Linux.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Flame Graphs vs. Tree Maps vs. Sunburst (2017)”
Other disk usage analyzers people recommend
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 | — | — |
| WizTreeThis page | 12 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| GrandPerspective | 11 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| WinDirStat | 11 | 2 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“is great for figuring out what's consuming your storage space”
“it's really fast for NTFS”
“a lot faster than WinDirStat”
“they've all been around for over a decade”
“third-party tools that Microsoft really need to adopt”
“very common tools from Windows admin toolkits”
“load the file system indices and works almost instantly”
“It reads directly from the file system metadata tables instead of having to scan the whole filesystem, so the file tree loads much faster.”
“Orders of magnitude faster than windirstat”
“I wish there was something as fast as WizTree for Linux.”
“Windows equivalent: WizTree”
“If it comes down to FOSS/freeware stuff I am actually quite fond of Windows ecosystem.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.