Baobab

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Disk Usage Analyzer, formerly known as Baobab, is a graphical disk usage analyzer for the GNOME desktop environment. It was part of gnome-utils, but has been a standalone application since GNOME 3.4.

The software gives the user a graphical representation of a disk drive's contents. The interface allows for selection of specific parts of filesystem so a single folder, the entire filesystem, and even remote folders and filesystems can be scanned and listed at folder level.

The graphical representation can be switched between a 'Rings' chart and a 'Treemap' chart to suit the content being viewed.

Install

sudo apt update
sudo apt install baobab

Can be run from the command line with baobab.

See also

• Ubuntu
• Treemapping - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treemapping
• dutree
• Managing Disk Space - Issues related to running out of disk space.

Favorite site

• Disk Usage Analyzer – Apps for GNOME
• Baobab - Community Help Wiki
• Baobab
• Apps/DiskUsageAnalyzer - GNOME Wiki!
• Treemaps for space-constrained visualization of hierarchies