Command-line tool

ncdu

brew/ncdu

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NCurses Disk Usage

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install ncdu

Linux

brew install ncdu

Analyze the current working directory

ncdu

Colorize output

ncdu --color dark

Analyze a given directory

ncdu path/to/directory

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