diskbloom is a terminal-based disk space visualizer that displays files and directories as a colourful, nested treemap. Tile area represents allocated disk space, while colours identify different file types.
The program combines the treemap with a navigable directory tree, size bars, and an extension colour legend. It uses concurrent scanning and avoids double-counting hard-linked files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays disk usage as a nested, WizTree-style treemap.
- Uses tile area to represent allocated disk space.
- Assigns distinct colours to different file extensions.
- Provides a dual-pane interface with a directory tree and treemap.
- Scans directories concurrently for improved performance.
- Deduplicates hard links so shared data is counted only once.
- Supports keyboard and mouse navigation.
- Opens files with their default applications.
- Sends deleted files to the Trash by default.
- Requires explicit confirmation before permanently deleting files.
- Offers prebuilt binaries for Linux on x86-64 and ARM64 systems.
- Distributed as a single static binary with no runtime dependencies.
Website: github.com/Zingzy/diskbloom
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Developer: Zingzy
License: Apache-2.0
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