Alternatives to gdu
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. gdu itself: install gdu.
duf
Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better 'df' alternative
zenith
Zenith - sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, CPU, GPU, network, and disk usage
uv
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust
ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust
ffuf
Fast web fuzzer written in Go
Xournal++
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUS
gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
hadolint
Dockerfile linter, validate inline bash, written in Haskell
foundry
Foundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust
mapscii
🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect wi
scc
Sloc, Cloc and Code: scc is a very fast accurate code counter with complexity calculations and COCOMO estimates written in pure Go
autocannon
fast HTTP/1.1 benchmarking tool written in Node.js
fly
Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD
boa
Boa is an embeddable Javascript engine written in Rust
libfuse@2
The reference implementation of the Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) interface
bumblebee
Read-only developer endpoint scanner for on-disk package, extension, and developer-tool metadata, built to check exposure to known software supply-cha
node-sass
The reference implementation of Sass, written in Dart
flex
The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++
powerline-go
A beautiful and useful low-latency prompt for your shell, written in go
AriaNg Native
A better aria2 desktop frontend than AriaNg, with all features of AriaNg and providing more features for desktop usage
lizard-analyzer
A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages
drill
Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
easeprobe
A simple, standalone, and lightweight tool that can do health/status checking, written in Go
dotter
A dotfile manager and templater written in rust 🦀
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 gdu — 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.
gdu 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.