| NCurses Disk Usage | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Yoran Heling |
| Initial release | February 21, 2007[1] |
| Stable release | 2.9.2[2] 
/ 24 October 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C (version 1.x), Zig (version 2.x) |
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, UNIX |
| Platform | POSIX |
| Type | Disk utility |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | dev |
ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a disk utility for Unix systems. Its name refers to its similar purpose to the du utility, but ncdu uses a text-based user interface under the [n]curses programming library.[3] Users can navigate the list using the arrow keys and delete files that are taking up too much space by pressing the 'd' key. It provides a swift and efficient way to view directories that are taking up disk space, and was primarily meant for remote shells. It runs on UNIX-based systems, such as Linux, BSD, and POSIX.[4] Users can install ncdu by running a package manager command in their terminal emulator (i.e. for Debian-based systems, apt install ncdu).[5] Version 1.09 and later can export the file listing in JSON format.
ncdu was developed by Yoran Heling to learn C and to serve as a disk usage analyzer on remote systems over ssh. Version 2.0 of the program brought a full rewrite in the Zig programming language.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ncdu Release History". dev.yorhel.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu/changes2.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Heitorlessa.com". www.heitorlessa.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "NCurses Disk Usage". dev.yorhel.nl. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
- ^ "Ncdu | ANS Documentation". www.ans.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
- ^ "Ncdu 2: Less hungry and more Ziggy". dev.yorhel.nl. Archived from the original on 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
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