Windirstat
Windirstat is a free, open-source data recovery and backup tool for Windows. Windows disk usage analyzer and cleanup tool with interactive treemaps, large-file discovery, duplicate detection, and file-system monitoring. It has 4,241 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of TreeSize and WizTree.
- Windows
- Data recovery & backup
- Actively maintained
About Windirstat
WinDirStat is a disk usage analyzer and cleanup assistant for Microsoft Windows. Scan drives, folders, network shares, or connected MTP devices, then explore disk usage through sortable file lists, file-type statistics, and interactive treemaps, sunbursts, or flame graphs.
Install Windirstat
Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.
winget install WinDirStat.WinDirStatchoco install windirstatReplaces
Commercial software people commonly use Windirstat instead of.
- TreeSize
- WizTree
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What is Windirstat?
Windirstat is a free, open-source data recovery and backup tool for Windows. Windows disk usage analyzer and cleanup tool with interactive treemaps, large-file discovery, duplicate detection, and file-system monitoring. It has 4,241 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of TreeSize and WizTree.
Is Windirstat free and open source?
Yes. Windirstat's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.
How do I install Windirstat?
winget: winget install WinDirStat.WinDirStat and Chocolatey: choco install windirstat. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: release/v2.9.2).
Can Windirstat replace TreeSize?
Windirstat is commonly used as a free alternative to TreeSize and WizTree. Features differ, so check that it opens the file formats and covers the workflows you rely on before switching.