Disk Usage Analyzer

Disk Usage Analyzer
Screenshot of Disk Usage Analyzer
Original author(s)	Fabio Marzocca
Developer(s)	Paolo Borelli
Stable release	48.0 [1]   / 15 March 2025;4 months ago (15 March 2025)
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/baobab.git
Operating system	UNIX-like
Type	Disk utility
License	GNU General Public License
Website	apps.gnome.org/Baobab/

The alternative treemap chart view represents files as rings

Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical disk usage analyzer for GNOME. It is part of GNOME Core Applications. It was originally named Baobab after the Adansonia tree. The software gives the user a menu-driven, graphical representation of what is on a disk drive. ^[2] The interface allows for selection of specific parts of filesystem being scanned so a single folder, the entire filesystem, and even remote folders and filesystems can be scanned. ^[3] The graphical representation can be switched between a ring chart and a treemap chart so the presentation can be tailored to the specific content being scanned. ^[4]

In 2012, ^{[5] [6]} Disk Usage Analyzer was rewritten in Vala. ^[7]

Future

At the GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) in 2013, a plan to merge the Disk Usage Analyzer with gnome-system-monitor to a new program called Usage was presented. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Release 48.0" . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
2. "Disk Usage Analyzer for GNOME". 4 January 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
3. "Baobab Usage" . Retrieved 25 December 2011.
4. Farshad (25 August 2011). "Baobab Shows". Addictivetips. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
5. "Begin rewrite in Vala (586355bd) · Commits · GNOME / Baobab · GitLab". 4 January 2012.
6. "Info for "Apps/DiskUsageAnalyzer/ValaRewrite" - GNOME Wiki!".
7. "Apps/Baobab/ValaRewrite". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
8. "Design/Apps/Usage".
9. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SystemMonitor/MergeWithUsage SystemMonitor

External links

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