--- title: GitHub - patonw/leaves: A text-mode disk usage... description: Leaves is a text-mode disk usage visualization tool written in Rust, inspired by WinDirStat and QDirStat. It renders files and directories as nested rectangles... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---patonw-leaves-a-text-mode-disk-usage-visualization-utility-60idjsshd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - patonw/leaves: A text-mode disk usage visualization utility | daily.dev og:description: Leaves is a text-mode disk usage visualization tool written in Rust, inspired by WinDirStat and QDirStat. It renders files and directories as nested rectangles... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---patonw-leaves-a-text-mode-disk-usage-visualization-utility-60idjsshd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/60IDjsSHd.png og:image:alt: GitHub - patonw/leaves: A text-mode disk usage visualization utility og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub - patonw/leaves: A text-mode disk usage visualization utility **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Leaves is a text-mode disk usage visualization tool written in Rust, inspired by WinDirStat and QDirStat. It renders files and directories as nested rectangles in a terminal UI, where rectangle area is proportional to disk size. Key features include a sidebar explorer tree, mouse support, x-ray mode (grouping by file type), configurable depth, glob-based filtering with gitignore support, and customizable color themes. It works over remote SSH connections where graphical tools are unavailable. Build options include Cargo and Nix, with pre-built binaries available for select platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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