Darya is a keyboard-driven disk usage explorer for the terminal written in Rust.
It helps users identify what is consuming storage space on headless servers and desktop systems alike, presenting directory scans in a text user interface instead of requiring a graphical file manager. The program is designed for quick navigation through scan results and works across POSIX-like systems.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Live treemap panel for visualizing disk usage.
- On-demand directory scans and rescans from within the interface.
- Filtering, sorting, and multiple size display modes for exploring scan results.
- Support for hidden-file scanning and restricting scans to a single filesystem.
- Snapshot export and import for saving and reopening scan results without rerunning a full scan.
- Configurable settings via a config.toml file, including scan exclusions, thread count, sorting defaults, and theme options.
- Keyboard shortcuts for navigation, help, and opening selected items in the default viewer.
Website: github.com/mrkatebzadeh/darya
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Developer: M.R. Siavash Katebzadeh
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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