gdu
brew install gdu
v5.36.1
MIT
Disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
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Build dependencies
GitHub topics
cli
disk-usage
filesystem
golang
hacktoberfest
Links
- https://github.com/dundee/gdu
- GitHub: dundee/gdu
- Brew formula source: Formula/g/gdu.rb
Caveats
To avoid a conflict with `coreutils`, `gdu` has been installed as `gdu-go`.
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