K4DirStat
The facts below are what the maker publishes about K4DirStat, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From K4DirStat's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| K4DirStat | Free | GPL-2.0 licensed; no paid plans stated |
The facts
Each one read from K4DirStat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application sizes
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Desktop platforms
- linuxchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Linux packages
- The project wiki lists a Gentoo package and the maintainer’s Ubuntu PPA among package sources, with a note that versions may not be current.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Audience
- The project describes K4DirStat as a utility for inspecting disk usage in directory trees.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Build dependencies
- The project README instructs builders to install Qt 5 and KDE Framework 5 headers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Build system
- The README gives CMake and make install commands for building and installing the program.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Directory tree
- The project describes its purpose as similar to the Unix du command.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project wiki links to a tutorial about using kdirstat for clusters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- KDE requirement
- Starting with version 3.0, K4DirStat requires KDE Framework 5.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies the software as GPL-2.0 licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- NetBSD packages
- The project wiki lists a pkgsrc package for NetBSD and DragonFly.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Older versions
- Versions 2.7.0 through before 3.0.0 require KDE 4.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- K4DirStat summarizes disk usage for directory trees and displays it numerically and graphically.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- files_folderschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support and security
- The repository has an Issues page and a Security and quality tab, but the opened project pages do not state a support policy or security certification.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The repository is hosted under the GitHub account jeromerobert; the project pages opened do not state the maker’s headquarters or founding date.checked 12 Oct 2026
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