wincdu is a packaging of Ncdu for Windows systems. It provides a self-contained Cygwin-based environment with Ncdu and Mintty terminal emulator already included, offering a ready-to-use disk usage analyzer for Windows.
- Complete Ncdu implementation: Full-featured NCurses Disk Usage analyzer for Windows
- Interactive interface: Navigate and browse disk usage with an intuitive text-based interface
- Fast scanning: Quick recursive directory scanning for disk space analysis
- Visual overview: Sorted, interactive list showing file and directory sizes
- File management: Delete files and directories directly from the interface
- Lightweight: Efficient and fast disk usage analysis
- Bundled terminal: Includes Mintty terminal emulator for optimal user experience
- Portable: Unzip and run, no installation or system modifications required
- Cygwin integration: Includes Cygwin runtime for Linux-like environment on Windows
- Windows Vista or later
- No external dependencies required — all components included in the package
Latest releases of wincdu are available on GitHub:
https://github.com/itefixnet/wincdu/releases
Each release includes:
- The complete wincdu ZIP package (Ncdu, Mintty, Cygwin runtime)
- Release notes and version history
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Unzip the downloaded archive
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Start the wincdu environment:
wincdu.cmdThis will launch a suitable Mintty terminal
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Start ncdu with the directory to be scanned as parameter:
ncdu /cygdrive/c/workNote: Use Cygwin naming conventions — Windows path
c:\workbecomes/cygdrive/c/work -
Navigate the interface:
- Use arrow keys to browse directories
- Press Enter to enter a directory
- Press 'd' to delete selected files/directories
- Press 'q' to quit
wincdu is tested successfully with local directories. You should test and verify that it works for your specific needs.
- Ncdu homepage: https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu
- Mintty homepage: https://mintty.github.io/
- Cygwin homepage: http://www.cygwin.com/
wincdu is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License. See LICENSE file for details.