If you do a significant amount of programming, you’ll probably end up with build artifacts scattered about. Build artifacts are files produced by a build. sn is a tool to help you find those artifacts.
sn is also a replacement for du. It has nicer output, saner commands and defaults, and it even runs faster on big directories thanks to multi-threading.
This is free and open source software.
The project is titled “The Tin Summer”.
Key Features
- Faster on large directories, although it’s slower on small directories.
- Uses regex for exclusions, making it dramatically faster than du when used with the
--excludeflag. - Defaults to human-readable output.
- Colorized output.
- Nicer help via clap.
- Provides sorted output.
- Finds build artifacts.
- Reads file sizes, not disk usage.
- Extensible in Rust.
Website: github.com/vmchale/tin-summer
Support:
Developer: Vanessa McHale
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License
sn is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials
Related Software
| du alternatives | Programming Language | License |
|---|---|---|
| dust | Rust | Apache License 2.0 |
| duf | Go | MIT License |
| Duc | C | GNU Lesser General Public License v3 |
| Ncdu | C | GNU GPL v2.0 License |
| gdu | Go | MIT License |
| cull | Go | MIT License |
| dua | Rust | MIT License |
| erdtree | Rust | MIT License |
| pdu | Rust | Apache License 2.0 |
| vizex | Python | MIT License |
| godu | Go | MIT License |
| dutree | Rust | GNU General Public License v3 |
| space | Rust | MIT License |
| darya | Rust | GNU General Public License v3.0 |
| diskus | Rust | MIT License or Apache License 2.0 |
| mcdu | Rust | MIT License |
| dirstat-rs | Rust | MIT License |
| diskonaut | Rust | MIT License |
| bonsai | C++ | GNU General Public License v3.0 |
| diskard | Rust | MIT License or Apache License 2.0 |
| cdu | Perl | GNU General Public License v2.0 |
| tdu | Go | GNU General Public License v2 |
| duviz | Python | MIT License |
| dut | C | GNU General Public License v3.0 |
| whalespotter | Rust | MIT License |
| sn | Rust | BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License |
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