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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 4,418 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license, and people use it instead of TreeSize and WizTree.

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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 (Windows)
winget install WinDirStat.WinDirStat

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Chocolatey (Windows)
choco install windirstat

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Replaces

Commercial software people commonly use Windirstat instead of.

  • TreeSize
  • WizTree

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FAQ

Windirstat FAQ

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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/v2.9.3).

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.