dua

Author: Sebastian Thiel
Alternative to: du
Language: Rust
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dua is a disk usage analyzer that conveniently shows disk space usage of directories. It operates in parallel by default for optimal performance, with both CLI and interactive terminal UI modes.

Features

  • Parallel processing optimized for SSD performance
  • Interactive mode with multi-stage deletion safeguards
  • Fast scanning of directory trees
  • Configuration file support for keyboard customization
  • Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows)
  • Subcommand modes (aggregate, interactive)

Basic usage

# Analyze current directory interactively.
dua i

# Show disk usage summary.
dua aggregate

# Analyze a specific directory.
dua i /path/to/dir

Demo