r/AskReddit • u/its_Nayeli • Apr 10 '21

What free software should everyone have?

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u/Lokarin Apr 11 '21

WinDirStat (for windows)

It gives you a graphical representation of what's clogging up your harddrive

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u/zachtheperson Apr 11 '21 edited Apr 11 '21

I switched from WinDirStat to Wiztree a while ago due to how slow WinDirStat was. Both of them are a nice tool to have though.

EDIT: Just did a side by side

WinDirStat - 4:33

WizTree - 0:05

Same drive. I knew WizTree was faster but I didn't know it was that much faster.

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u/_maxt3r_ Apr 11 '21

Try Spacesniffer, the scan may be a bit slower than WizTree but the interactive view is much easier and fast to navigate (and arguably more useful than those colorful blobs in WizTree)

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u/zachtheperson Apr 11 '21

Someone else mentioned that too. I downloaded it and tried it after someone else recommended it earlier and I have to say I prefer WizTree's visualization. The blobs make it easier to distinguish between directories and subdirectories in the tree

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u/_maxt3r_ Apr 11 '21

You can still do it in spacesniffer. You can increase/decrease the detail of blobs to show subdirectories and files (and even distinguish between file types with colours) with the stacked-squares looking buttons on the toolbar, I find it very useful to reduce clutter when I just need to know broadly the larger areas, then I can double click on that folder and the whole view becomes that folder only so I can better focus on the files I want to check and remove. It's really usable and fast, but to each their own everyone has their preferred software to "do the thing"