{"id":76053,"date":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudspinx.com\/?p=76053"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:22","slug":"how-to-analyze-disk-usage-on-linux-using-gdu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computingforgeeks.com\/how-to-analyze-disk-usage-on-linux-using-gdu\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Analyze Disk Usage on Linux using gdu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this article, we are looking at how to analyze disk usage in Linux using gdu. Gdu<\/a> is a high speed console disk usage analyzer written in Go language and primarily meant for Solid State Drives (SSD) where it can make use of parallel processing. It can still work with HDDs but with compromised performance. Below is how gdu interface looks like. You can use ‘arrow keys’ to navigate through the available directories and ‘Enter’ to select. Gdu works just like ncdu<\/em> but with a big difference in operating speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing GDU on Linux<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are different ways of installing gdu on Linux as discussed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install gdu from binaries<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

With curl, we are going to download gdu binaries to our Linux system, make them executable and copy to the right path. Run the commands below. I am running these commands on Debian\/ Ubuntu. Other binaries are available in gdu github releases page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

# From Linux binary file<\/mark><\/em>\n<\/em><\/strong>curl -L https:\/\/github.com\/dundee\/gdu\/releases\/latest\/download\/gdu_linux_amd64.tgz | tar xz\nsudo chmod +x gdu_linux_amd64\nsudo mv gdu_linux_amd64 \/usr\/bin\/gdu<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Once done, you can simply run gdu<\/strong> on your terminal. You should get an output similar to the below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Installing gdu Using Snap<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
You can simply install gdu using snap by running the below commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
snap install gdu-disk-usage-analyzer\nsnap connect gdu-disk-usage-analyzer:mount-observe :mount-observe\nsnap connect gdu-disk-usage-analyzer:system-backup :system-backup\nsnap alias gdu-disk-usage-analyzer.gdu gdu<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install gdu from package managers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Gdu is available on AUR and Brew and you can install as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
# Arch<\/mark><\/em>\n<\/em><\/strong>yay -S gdu\n\n# Homebrew<\/mark><\/em>\n<\/em><\/strong>brew install gdu<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Analyze Disk Usage on Linux using gdu<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Some flags used with gdu are as eplained below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
gdu [directory_to_scan] [flags]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Flags:
-h, --help<\/code><\/strong><\/em> help for gdu
-i, --ignore-dirs<\/code><\/strong><\/em> strings Absolute paths to ignore (separated by comma) (default [\/proc,\/dev,\/sys,\/run])
-l, --log-file<\/code><\/strong><\/em> string Path to a logfile (default “\/dev\/null”)
-c, --no-color<\/code><\/strong><\/em> Do not use colorized output
-p, --no-progress<\/code><\/strong><\/em> Do not show progress in non-interactive mode
-n, --non-interactive<\/code> <\/strong><\/em>Do not run in interactive mode
-d, --show-disks<\/code><\/strong><\/em> Show all mounted disks
-v, --version<\/code><\/strong><\/em> Print version<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s look at some usage examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check gdu version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ gdu -v<\/span>\nVersion:\t v5.30.1\nBuilt time:\t Mon Dec 30 10:17:46 PM CET 2024\nBuilt user:\t dundee<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Show all mounted disks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
gdu -d<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Run gdu -l .\/gdu.log <path><\/em> and get corresponding logs on .\/gdu.log<\/em>. The command analyzes the specified directory and logs to the specified file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
gdu -l .\/gdu.log<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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A log file is added as specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ ls<\/strong>\ngdu.log<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can use the following keyboard options to manipulate the directories, for example to select, sort by size, delete etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n