KDirStat
Also known as: KDE Directory Statistics
Quiet · Source repository
KDE directory statistics: the original tree-view + treemap disk usage visualizer (KDE 1/2/3 era, first public version 2000-01-21); superseded by QDirStat from the same author
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- Platforms
- Interface
- Tech stack
- C++ with Qt/KDE 3 (Qt 1-3 across the KDE 1/2/3 era)
- Features
- Development
- Solo developer · original author still leadsStefan Hundhammer's KDE-era project; last KDE3-based release 2.5.3 (2006-06-01) per the QDirStat README, GitHub mirror last pushed 2017-12-27. Superseded by QDirStat (same author) and the independent KDE4 port K4DirStat.
- License
- GPLGPL-2.0
- Price
- FreeFree and open source (GPL-2.0)
- Launched
- first_release_at
- Repo created
- GitHub stars
- 31 (as of 2026-11-02)
- First release
- Last seen alive
Checks
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| Track record | about 26 years |
|---|---|
| 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 yesterday |
Relations
- same author QDirStat (the KDE-free Qt successor)
QDirStat README: 'KDirStat was the first program of this kind (combining a traditional tree view with a treemap), also written by the same author as QDirStat.' WinDirStat (2003) is the Windows clone of KDirStat.
Research notes
- Stub entry generated from GitHub repository metadata on 2026-11-02; not yet reviewed.
Sources
| URL | Role | Status | Checked | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/shundhammer/kdirstat | repo | 200 |
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Related tools
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