Disk Usage Analyzer

Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical disk usage analyzer for GNOME. It is part of GNOME Core Applications. It was originally named Baobab after the Adansonia tree. The software gives the user a menu-driven, graphical representation of what is on a disk drive.^[1] The interface allows for selection of specific parts of filesystem being scanned so a single folder, the entire filesystem, and even remote folders and filesystems can be scanned.^[2] The graphical representation can be switched between a ring chart and a treemap chart so the presentation can be tailored to the specific content being scanned.^[3]

Disk Usage Analyzer
Screenshot of Disk Usage Analyzer
Original author	Fabio Marzocca
Developer	Paolo Borelli
Stable release	48.0  / 15 March 2025; 7 months ago (15 March 2025)
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/baobab.git
Operating system	UNIX-like
Type	Disk utility
License	GNU General Public License
Website	apps.gnome.org/Baobab/

The alternative treemap chart view represents files as rings

In 2012,^[4][5] Disk Usage Analyzer was rewritten in Vala.^[6]

Future

At the GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) in 2013, a plan to merge the Disk Usage Analyzer with gnome-system-monitor to a new program called Usage was presented.^[7][8]