gdu

gdu is a pretty fast disk usage analyzer written in Go. It provides an interactive console interface for exploring directory hierarchies and understanding how storage space is being consumed. The tool is optimized for SSD disks and can fully utilize parallel processing on modern systems.

Features

• Interactive mode with keyboard navigation for exploring directories
• Non-interactive mode for scripting and piping output
• Export to JSON format for later analysis
• Parallel processing to leverage multi-core systems
• Database storage options (SQLite or BadgerDB) to save and reload analysis results
• Flexible filtering by file type, age, and pattern matching
• Customization via YAML configuration files
• File type awareness with options to include/exclude specific formats
• Fast performance optimized for modern SSDs