disktree

Interactive disk usage tree for your terminal. Find out what's eating your space.

pip install disktree

Usage

# Scan current directory
disktree

# Scan a specific path
disktree /path/to/dir

# Control depth and number of entries shown
disktree --depth 4 --top 15

# Hide small entries
disktree --min-size 10MB

# Sort by name instead of size
disktree --sort name

# JSON output (for scripting)
disktree --json | jq '.children[0]'

# Interactive TUI (requires: pip install disktree[tui])
disktree --tui

Output

C:\Users\you  245.3 GB
├── ##########------  89.2 GB   36.4%  Documents/
│   ├── ########--------  67.1 GB   75.2%  projects/
│   └── ##--------------  22.1 GB   24.8%  old_stuff/
├── ####------------  45.8 GB   18.7%  Downloads/
└── ##--------------  23.1 GB    9.4%  .cache/

Each row shows a proportional fill bar, the absolute size, percentage of the parent, and the name.

Options

Interactive TUI

Install the TUI extra:

pip install disktree[tui]
disktree --tui

Keys: arrow keys to navigate, Enter to expand/collapse, s to toggle sort, r to rescan, q to quit.