# dust Intuitive Disk Usage Analyzer CLI

> A more intuitive version of the du command, written in Rust. dust instantly visualizes which directories consume the most disk space using colored proportional bars and smart recursive depth.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/dust-intuitive-disk-usage-analyzer-cli` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/dust-intuitive-disk-usage-analyzer-cli`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/dust-intuitive-disk-usage-analyzer-cli/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/dust-intuitive-disk-usage-analyzer-cli

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# dust Intuitive Disk Usage Analyzer CLI

A more intuitive version of the du command, written in Rust. dust instantly visualizes which directories consume the most disk space using colored proportional bars and smart recursive depth.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Windows MSVC - requires: [VCRUNTIME140.dll](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ![Example](media/snap.png)
- target/debug is the same size as target - so we know nearly all the disk usage of the 1.8G is in this folder
- target/debug/deps this is 1.2G - Note the bar jumps down to 70% to indicate that most disk usage is here but not all.

- Source: https://github.com/bootandy/dust
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bootandy/dust/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/dust-intuitive-disk-usage-analyzer-cli/)