DiskAtlas

🗺️ DiskAtlas - Modern Disk Space Analyzer for Windows

A fast, modern, and powerful disk space analyzer.

DiskAtlas helps you understand where your disk space is going with blazing-fast scans, beautiful visualizations, and intelligent cleanup tools. Whether you're a casual user trying to free up space or a developer managing multiple projects, DiskAtlas provides the insights and tools you need.

🚀 Key Features

High-Performance Scanning

• Lightning-fast parallel scanning - Leverages multi-core processors for maximum speed

• Real-time progress updates - See results as they're discovered with live statistics

• Administrator privilege detection - Alerts you when elevated rights are needed

• Smart error handling - Gracefully handles access denied folders and continues scanning

• Junction point detection - Identifies and skips symbolic links and junctions to prevent infinite loops

• Network share support - Scan UNC paths and network drives

Multiple Visualization Views

• TreeMap View - Interactive heat-map visualization where folder size determines visual area

• Click to drill down into folders

• Color-coded by file type or folder depth

• Smooth zoom animations

• Instant visual identification of space hogs

• Grid View - Sortable table view with detailed statistics

• File count, size, percentage of parent

• Click column headers to sort

• Double-click to navigate into folders

• Tree View - Classic hierarchical folder structure

• Expandable/collapsible navigation

• Optimized for large directory structures

Breadcrumb Navigation

• Click any folder in the path to jump directly to it

• Always know where you are in the directory structure

• Quick navigation back to parent folders

Smart Cleanup Wizard 🧹

Intelligent cleanup assistant that finds and removes unnecessary files:

• Temporary files detection - Windows temp folders, browser caches

• Duplicate file finder - Fast hash-based detection across folders

• Stale files - Find files not accessed in X days (configurable threshold)

• Old versions - Detect multiple versions of installers and applications

• Development artifacts - Clean node_modules, bin, obj, .git, and other build folders

• Safe cleanup options - Move to Recycle Bin or permanent delete

• Preview before delete - Review exactly what will be removed

• Category analysis - Breakdown by file extension and type

Duplicate File Detection 📦

• Single drive/folder scanning - Find duplicates within a specific location

• Multi-drive scanning - Find duplicates across multiple drives

• Fast SHA256 hashing - Reliable duplicate detection with cryptographic hashing

• Pre-hash optimization - Quick initial scan followed by full verification

• Group visualization - See all copies of the same file

• Size-based sorting - Focus on large duplicates first

• Detailed statistics - Total wasted space and file counts

• CSV export - Export findings for external analysis

• Cross-drive detection - Identify files duplicated between drives

Multi-Drive Dashboard 🖥️

Unified view of all your storage:

• All drives at a glance - See capacity, usage, and free space for all drives

• Parallel scanning - Scan multiple drives simultaneously

• Network drive management - Add and monitor UNC paths

• USB drive detection - Automatic detection of removable drives

• Aggregate statistics - Total capacity, used space, and free space across all drives

• Per-drive status - Real-time scan progress for each drive

• Detailed breakdown - View comprehensive scan results for each drive

Performance Monitoring ⚡

• Scan speed metrics - Files per second, items scanned, bytes processed

• Elapsed time tracking - Know exactly how long scans take

• Performance benchmarking - Compare scan speeds across different drives and configurations

• Resource-efficient - Smart throttling to avoid overwhelming the system

Professional UI

• Modern dark theme - Easy on the eyes with Visual Studio Code-inspired design

• Responsive layout - Works well on different screen sizes

• Smooth animations - Polished user experience

• Emoji support - Clear visual indicators using modern icons

• Progress bars - Visual feedback for all long-running operations

File Type Analysis

• Extension-based categorization - Understand what types of files consume space

• Category recommendations - Get suggestions based on file types

• Hidden/system file detection - Track special file attributes

• Reparse point identification - Distinguish cloud files and placeholders

📊 Use Cases

• Free up disk space - Quickly identify and remove large unused files

• Find duplicate files - Eliminate redundant copies wasting space

• Development cleanup - Developers can clean build artifacts across projects

• Drive comparison - Compare space usage across multiple drives

• Network storage management - Monitor and analyze network shares

• Regular maintenance - Run periodic scans to catch space issues early

🎯 Perfect For

• Home users - Keep your PC clean and organized

• Developers - Manage project folders and build artifacts

• IT professionals - Monitor and maintain multiple systems

• Power users - Deep insights into storage usage patterns

• Gamers - Find and remove old game installations and caches