Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab)
Close matchFreeCalled Disk Usage Analyzer. Already installed on most systems. Same ranked list and coloured map, no deleting from inside it.
Does WinDirStat run on Linux?
Verdict: No
No. WinDirStat is written for Windows only, as its own site says, but Linux comes with a disk usage tool that shows the same kind of coloured map of what is filling your drive.
WinDirStat's own site describes it as a free open source disk usage analyser for Microsoft Windows, and it runs only there. There is no Linux build and the project has not suggested one.
You do not need one. Disk Usage Analyzer is already installed on Ubuntu, Fedora and most other systems. Point it at your home folder or a whole drive and it lists folders ranked by size with a coloured map beside them, which is the view WinDirStat users actually rely on. KDE systems have Filelight, which is closer still in appearance.
One habit has to change. WinDirStat lets you right-click a block in the map and delete the file there and then. The Linux tools show you the culprit but send you to the file manager to do the deleting. Slower, but harder to remove something by accident.
Neither is something you install. Both are sitting in the applications menu already, so there is nothing to download and no portable version to keep on a USB stick.
What to use instead of WinDirStat
Czkawka
Different way of workingFreeFor when the space is going on duplicate photos and downloads rather than one huge folder.
This doesn't have to stop you
One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need WinDirStat. Everything else you do can move.
Last checked . Sources: