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ncdu: NCurses Disk Usage (an updated fork)

A Zig-based fork of the popular ncdu disk usage analyzer, rewriting the original C tool as ncdu 2.x. It provides an ncurses terminal interface for scanning and analyzing disk space usage, targeting both remote servers and desktop systems.

Background

ncdu is a well-known open-source disk usage analyzer with a terminal ncurses interface, originally written in C. This fork represents a community-driven rewrite in Zig to modernize the tool and potentially improve performance.

Source
Lobsters
Published
Oct 5, 2026 at 03:30 AM
Score
5.0 / 10