ncdu

CLI

NCurses disk usage analyzer with an interactive interface.

Interactive TUI disk usage explorer — find space hogs quickly

3 curated recipes · not yet executed by the harness#disk#ncurses#interactive#usage

Recipes

Curated from documentation and usage. Percentages are estimates, not measurements.

Analyze home directory disk usage

~99% est.
ncdu ~

Analyze root filesystem

~98% est.
ncdu /

Export result to file

~97% est.
ncdu -o disk-usage.json ~

Install

Homebrewbrew install ncdu
aptsudo apt install ncdu

Agent notes

When to use
Finding large files/directories when disk is full
Quick examples
  • ncdu /
  • ncdu ~

Use from an agent

curl -s https://clihub.com/api/tools/ncdu | jq '.agentHints.provenRecipes[] | {task, command, verified}'

Or call get_tool with slug ncdu on the MCP server at https://clihub.com/mcp.

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