ncdu

Install command: 
brew install ncdu

NCurses Disk Usage

https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ncdu.json

Formula code: ncdu.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel		 sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 2.9.2
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

ncurses 6.6 Text-based UI library
zstd 1.5.7 Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm

Depends on when building from source:

pkgconf 3.0.10 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit
zig@0.15 0.15.2 Programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity

Binaries: ncdu

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days19,232
Downloads1,323,288
Analytics install events (30 days)2,394
Downloads / install events (30 days)8.0×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-12T00:54:15Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-13 to 2026-11-12. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.

Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs2,3916,01537,053
Installs (--HEAD)3885
Installs on Request2,3826,00037,033
Installs on Request (--HEAD)3885
Build Errors0