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ncdu mentions (21)

• What’s using my drive space?

  There are also more user-friendly and interactive tools to do this. I use and like ncdu, but there are others, such as duc. Source: 11 months ago

• The Most Useful Command Line Tools (2023 edition)

  In the same way of Dust, there is also NCDU which is an NCruses-based du interface, i.e. interactive. Source: about 1 year ago

• ec2 ebs volume getting full

  Or try ncdu if you want a simple TUI style display of what's using what. Source: about 1 year ago

• pve-root storage 90% full

  If you prefer a more graphical/interactive disk usage explorer check out ncdu https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu. Source: over 1 year ago

• I've been trying to find my Steam game files for about 20-30 minutes.

  It took only a minute to locate this information using the awesome fast commandline tool ncdu. Source: over 1 year ago

Syncthing mentions (826)

• Ask HN: Best useful tools that are helpful in your business?

  We use syncthing to share files between our machines. It avoids is having to use dropbox / OneDrive etc. You just choose a folder and it automatically syncs it in the background. https://syncthing.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 22 days ago

• LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices

  This very hn entries is bust contradicting your statement. Also what about syncthing[1] (for recurrent/permanent sync) and croc[2] (for one time copies) ? I have used both for a number of years already. [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://github.com/schollz/croc. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Ask HN: How best to sync a subset of my files with a friend?

  I would use syncthing, which is open source at https://syncthing.net/. After minimal setup, it just works(tm). You have a normal directory in your filesystem, that is synced to the other peers (which you set up in the "minimal setup"). I have been using it for years, and it works well. It has no problems crossing os'es (i.e. Windows -> linux, linux -> mac) For windows I usually recommend - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

  Do consider Syncthing particularly if you are using Android. If using apple iOS you'd need the möbius sync client. https://syncthing.net/ https://www.mobiussync.com/ One thing that it beats the cloud / centralized sync on is because the connection is direct between devices when the initial transfer is completed the file is completely there on the other device. With a cloud type of sync you do the transfer twice.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Willow Protocol

  So something like https://syncthing.net/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago