gdu
The facts below are what the maker publishes about gdu, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From gdu's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | MIT-licensed software |
The facts
Each one read from gdu's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application sizes
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Desktop platforms
- Linux,macOS,Windowschecked 23 Sep 2026
What it does
- Archive support
- An option enables browsing ZIP, JAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, and TAR.XZ archives.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Deletion controls
- The project documents a --no-delete flag that prevents deletion operations.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Exportable reports
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- External drive scans
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- File-type breakdown
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists installation options including Homebrew, Winget, Scoop, Snap, Conda, and Go, and also documents Docker usage.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- Gdu supports interactive, non-interactive, and JSON export modes, and can serve a browser-based interface.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The software is distributed under the MIT license, which grants use, modification, and redistribution subject to its stated conditions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The GitHub profile identifies the maintainer as Daniel Milde and lists Prague.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Gdu is a fast disk usage analyzer with a console interface, written in Go.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Saved scans
- Analysis data can be saved and reloaded using SQLite or BadgerDB.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Scanning
- It is intended primarily for SSDs, where it can fully use parallel processing; HDDs also work.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- files_folderschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Treemap view
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Web actions
- Web UI reveal and delete actions require a loopback-origin request with a random token generated for each server run.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- The browser UI includes a donut chart, sortable table, size bars, breadcrumb navigation, and a treemap.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Web security
- The web UI has no authentication and exposes file names and sizes to clients that can reach its port; the project recommends keeping it bound to localhost.checked 5 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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