Dust
Disk usage visualization tool
11.6k|stable|v1.2.4
Visual hierarchy bars — ASCII bars show disk usage proportion with color-coded parent folder relationships.
Smart recursion — Automatically descends into directories to find largest entries without explicit depth flags.
Multiple output formats — Supports JSON output, file counting, file type grouping, and regex filtering.
Permission handling — Displays one summary message for permission-denied directories instead of verbose errors.
Dust replaces the standard du command with instant visual insight into disk usage patterns. Unlike ncdu, it clearly shows which individual files consume the most space within directory hierarchies. Built in Rust with binaries for all major operating systems.
Source on GitHub
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