r/coolgithubprojects — Diskoryx, a free offline disk space analyzer for Windows — looking for feedback by u/fitrelation7625
Earliest author promotion found, hours after the repo and v1.0.0 went public.
Diskoryx
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MIT open-source disk space analyzer for Windows x64, analyzer-first rather than cleaner-first: file tree + interactive space map + Inspector, largest-files and file-type category views, advanced Boolean search, bounded text preview. Deletion path is deliberately careful: Duplicate Finder requires full-file SHA-256 verification, keeps one copy by default (selecting all copies needs two warnings), protects project/dependency/application/system locations, moves to the Recycle Bin with a History that restores individual files or whole runs, and file actions (rename/recycle/mkdir/copy/move) refuse occupied destinations with Undo/Redo. Saved .diskoryxscan baselines compare added/removed/changed files against a fresh scan. Stack is a hybrid: Electron UI, a Rust NTFS MFT scanner (UAC only for the scan worker), and a .NET C# file-action helper. Local-first: no account, no uploads, works offline. Unsigned builds ('early testing release' SmartScreen warning acknowledged); setup and portable artifacts via GitHub releases; Ko-fi donations.
- Platforms
- Interface
- Tech stack
- Electron UI (repo language JavaScript) + Rust NTFS MFT scanner + .NET Framework C# file-action helper (readme build steps); CLI runs from source with Node.js 22
- Features
- Dev-junk cleaning
- Not a focus
- Development
- Solo developer · original author still leadsSolo author ekadic7 (only contributor, 9 commits on main). Active: v1.0.0-v1.0.5 in 7 days, pushed Oct 27; bug reports via GitHub issues.
- License
- MITMIT (GitHub API license field)
- Price
- Donation-supportedFree and open source; optional Ko-fi link (ko-fi.com/edi969247) in readme and site
- Launched
- first_release_at; reddit launch posts went up within hours of v1.0.0
- Repo created
- GitHub stars
- 9 (as of 2026-10-31)
- First release
- Domain registered
- (diskoryx.app)
- Last seen alive
Checks
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| Track record | 13 days ago |
|---|---|
| Source published | Not yet checked |
| Release signing | Not yet checked |
| Security contact | Not yet checked |
| Reproducible builds | Not yet checked |
| Telemetry | Not yet checked |
| Runs elevated | Not yet checked |
| Auto-update channel | Not yet checked |
| Recent activity | Last seen 5 days ago |
Relations
- peer wave BitBroom
Similarity to BitBroom flagged in the launch thread: both are open-source Windows disk analyzers with SHA-256 duplicate finders, though BitBroom (July 2026) is C#/WPF and Diskoryx is Electron+Rust
Research notes
- Same-day everything launch: repo created Oct 21 10:54 UTC, v1.0.0 published 11:48, launch posts up within hours. The diskoryx.app domain was only registered Oct 27 - the website arrived six days after launch.
- Squashed public history: 9 commits on main for a three-language app (Electron UI, Rust MFT scanner, C# file-action helper) with benchmark docs - the real development history lives elsewhere or nowhere visible.
- Honest engineering copy for the category: 'unsigned, early testing release' SmartScreen warning stated plainly, benchmark methodology published in-repo with disclaimers ('not a speed comparison against WizTree', warm caches, live volume), screenshots labeled sample data, 'Identical contents do not mean a file is unneeded'.
- Analyzer-first scope with a guarded delete path: no cleaner checklist, no registry, no startup manager - but Recycle-Bin moves + History restore, keep-one default, double-warned all-copy selection, and protected project/dependency/system locations show the same safety-checklist reading as the rest of the wave.
- The Electron UI is only the shell: the fast path is a separate Rust NTFS MFT scanner, with a .NET C# file-action helper.
- Organic hobbyist author, not a wave account: 7-month-old Irish personal reddit account (Pokemon TCG, Revolut dispute, FIFA), GitHub since Jan 2024 with 2 repos; this is his first app.
- Version discipline is loose: v1.0.5's readme calls it a 'release candidate' while public downloads stayed on v1.0.4, and six releases shipped in seven days (v1.0.0-v1.0.5).
- No code signing and no store: unsigned Electron builds with the SmartScreen caveat disclosed; UAC is confined to the NTFS scan worker, file actions run at normal permissions.
- Ko-fi donations only - free MIT software, no paywall, no telemetry claims beyond 'local-first, works offline'.
Announcements
2 recorded
r/coolgithubprojects — Diskoryx v1.0.5 is out — an update to my free, open-source Windows disk analyzer. Looking for feedback! by u/fitrelation7625
Canonical gallery post for the v1.0.5 update, a week after launch; comment thread is where the BitBroom similarity and the unanswered 'UI screams AI' question surfaced.
I first posted about Diskoryx when I released the initial version. I've kept working on it since then — Intro cliche
Diskoryx is a free, open-source disk space analyzer for Windows. — Virtue
No account required, no uploading your files or filenames. Disk analysis runs locally and works offline. — Trust signal
with v1.0.5 now available, I wanted to share how much has changed—not just in this update, but across the releases since that first post. — Engagement hook
Sources
| URL | Role | Status | Checked | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/ekadic7/Diskoryx | repo | 200 | ||
| diskoryx.app/ | homepage | 200 | ||
| ko-fi.com/edi969247 | other | 200 |
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