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Encrypted Files

rcryptfs – encrypted filesystem project

July 10, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

rcryptfs is an experimental encrypted filesystem project. It can read and write encrypted repositories using common gocryptfs settings.

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LeilFS – distributed POSIX file system for scalable storage

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

LeilFS is a distributed POSIX file system offering data replication, erasure coding, snapshots and flexible storage placement policies.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

UBIFS – file system for raw flash memory used through UBI volumes

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

UBIFS is the Linux kernel’s file system for raw flash memory used through UBI volumes.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

OCFS2 – extent-based cluster file system

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

OCFS2 is an extent-based cluster file system included in the Linux kernel.

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SSD

diskard – interactive terminal disk usage analyzer

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

diskard is a terminal disk usage analyzer with multithreaded scanning, file-extension breakdowns, file counts and trash support.

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SSD

NoxDir – terminal disk usage visualizer

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

NoxDir provides a keyboard-driven terminal disk usage browser with mounted volume detection, directory filters and visual size metrics.

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diskonaut – terminal disk space navigator

November 7, 2024 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

diskonaut explores directory sizes using a terminal treemap, progressive scanning, navigable folders and deletion space tracking.

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Encrypted Files

CryFS – cryptographic filesystem for the cloud

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

CryFS encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere.

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Encrypted Files

Cryptomator – transparent client-side encryption for cloud storage

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Cryptomator encrypts cloud files locally with password-protected vaults. Explore its Linux workflow, encrypted filenames and recovery keys.

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Encrypted Files

EncFS – FUSE-based cryptographic filesystem

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs in userspace, using the FUSE library for the filesystem interface.

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Encrypted Files

securefs – filesystem in userspace (FUSE) with transparent encryption

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

securefs is a filesystem in userspace (FUSE) with transparent encryption (when writing) and decryption (when reading).

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SSD

dirstat-rs – command-line disk usage analyzer

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dirstat-rs analyses directory sizes from the terminal with configurable depth, percentage thresholds, apparent sizes and JSON output.

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SSD

tdu – report top disk usage from the command line

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tdu reports the largest disk consumers in a directory, including deep paths, file statistics, errors and Ncdu-compatible JSON export.

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SSD

pdu – parallel disk usage utility

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pdu displays parallel disk usage analysis as terminal charts with adjustable depth, size metrics, JSON exchange and progress reporting.

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SSD

erdtree – multi-threaded file tree and disk usage analyzer

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

erdtree combines a filesystem tree viewer with disk usage analysis, configurable layouts, sorting, filtering and ignore-file support.

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SSD

dua – fast disk usage analyzer

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

dua scans directories in parallel and offers disk usage summaries, interactive navigation, selective deletion and flexible size accounting.

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SSD

gdu – fast interactive disk usage analyzer

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

gdu analyses directory sizes with parallel scanning, interactive navigation, filtering, archive browsing and optional browser viewing.

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SSD

Ncdu – interactive terminal disk usage analyzer

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Ncdu is an interactive terminal disk usage analyser with directory navigation, size sorting, configurable scans and exportable results.

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SSD

Duc – inspect and visualize disk usage

October 20, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Duc indexes directory sizes and provides command-line, terminal, graphical and web views to investigate disk usage on large filesystems.

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Network

SeaweedFS – scalable distributed file and object storage

October 6, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

SeaweedFS is a scalable distributed storage platform for files and objects, offering S3 access, POSIX mounts, replication and cloud tiering.

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