SpaceBrowser
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SpaceBrowser, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SpaceBrowser's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free, cross-platform, open-source disk space analyzer |
The facts
Each one read from SpaceBrowser's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Command line
- SpaceBrowser can be launched in a terminal and the README directs users to --help for command-line usage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can change rectangle color palettes, scale, shape, shading, hover highlighting, and keyboard and mouse bindings.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deletion safeguards
- The project says deletion is protected for sensitive filesystem locations, including system paths, mount points, and special files.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Exclusions
- Users can exclude paths, hidden files, symlinks, and network filesystems from scans.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File actions
- The app can open files and folders, move items to trash, and permanently delete them.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes itself as an alternative to WinDirStat, WizTree, TreeSize, DaisyDisk, and SquirrelDisk.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists an MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open issues
- The repository's issue page lists open reports concerning scan speed, an Ubuntu “Open with...” error, and settings-window focus.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SpaceBrowser scans a folder or volume and displays its contents as a size-proportional treemap to make large files and directories easy to identify.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Rescans
- Filesystem change detection lets the live cache speed up rescans during the current session.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scanning
- The app shows elapsed scan time and file and folder counts, supports scan cancellation, and reports skipped paths and filesystem or metadata errors.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- files_folderschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Treemap view
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop platforms
- Windows,Linux,macOSchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Platforms and downloads
- Windows and Linux are supported; a macOS build is available but not yet tested, with MSI and portable EXE, DEB/RPM and portable binary, and DMG/ZIP downloads listed respectively.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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