Alternatives to duf
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. duf itself: install duf.
gdu
Fast disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go
zenith
Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage
AriaNg Native
A better aria2 desktop frontend than AriaNg, with all features of AriaNg and providing more features for desktop usage
nelm
Nelm is a Helm 4 alternative. It is a Kubernetes deployment tool that manages Helm Charts and deploys them to Kubernetes. The Nelm goal is to provide
fd
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
eza
A modern alternative to ls
sonic
🦔 Fast, lightweight & schema-less search backend. An alternative to Elasticsearch that runs on a few MBs of RAM
Hidden Bar
An ultra-light MacOS utility that helps hide menu bar icons
FineTune
FineTune, a macOS menu bar app for per-app volume control, multi-device output, audio routing, and 10-band EQ. Free and open-source alternative to Sou
PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache clea
Mist
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
dockerize
Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers
forgit
:zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively
bumblebee
Read-only developer endpoint scanner for on-disk package, extension, and developer-tool metadata, built to check exposure to known software supply-cha
zsh-vi-mode
💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH
patchelf
A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables
mago
Mago is a toolchain for PHP that aims to provide a set of tools to help developers write better code
get_iplayer
A utility for downloading TV and radio programmes from BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds
choose-rust
A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut (and sometimes awk)
credstash
A little utility for managing credentials in the cloud
jpegoptim
jpegoptim - utility to optimize/compress JPEG files
pixiewps
An offline Wi-Fi Protected Setup brute-force utility
HapticKey
A simple utility application to trigger haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar
cargo-geiger
Detects usage of unsafe Rust in a Rust crate and its dependencies
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than duf — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
duf is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.