Show HN: Tiny TUI for disk usage exploration(github.com)

4 pointsby dhbradshaw5 hours ago4 comments

2 hours ago
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If you want feature ideas, here are some I vibe-coded into my ncdu fork:

  d — send the selected item to trash
  D — delete the selected item directly (was d upstream)
  e — open the selected item with $EDITOR
  f — open the selected item with open(1)
  y — copy the selected item's path to the clipboard
  i — item info panel now shows a file(1) description in the Type row
  I — open a scrollable mediainfo pager for the selected file

dhbradshaw42 minutes ago
I hadn't even thought about these -- inspecting and deleting from the TUI makes a lot of sense.

emanuele-em3 hours ago
Nice and minimal. How does scanning speed compare to dust or ncdu on large trees? The "hide largest item to compare smaller ones" interaction is clever, haven't seen that in other du tools.
- dhbradshaw42 minutes ago
  Thank you!
  Good question. I haven't done any work yet to make this fast so it might not be too quick...
dhbradshaw5 hours ago
A couple of months back I was looking for a fun quick project and also was having space issues on my Mac.
So github copilot and I wrote a little disk usage exploration tool in rust with very few dependencies.
It's called "syz" and I pronounce it "size" since it's all about exploring disk usage and figuring out what to trim.
Someone I respect started using it and reached out saying he liked it so I figured I'd dust it off and share it here!
After `cargo install syz`, use the `syz` command to enter the interactive cli starting at the current directory. Then use arrow keys to navigate directories and compare their recursive sizes.