WinDirStat vs Czkawka and Krokiet
Side by side, as alternatives to WizTree commercial licence. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.
WinDirStatwindirstat/windirstat
Czkawka and Krokietqarmin/czkawka
WizTree commercial licencepaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
$0 software; you run it
Free for personal use; commercial use needs a supporter licence from 25 USD (individual) to 1,800 USD (enterprise, multi-site) source ↗
See what uses disk space
Confirmed: Yes
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Find the largest files
Confirmed: Yes
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Find duplicate files
Confirmed: Yes
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Export file details to CSV
Confirmed: Yes
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
4 of 4 jobs
2 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
Unknown
Unknown
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Gain this week
Unknown
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
Unknown
Unknown
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Latest release
Unknown
Unknown
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Commits / 12 wk
Unknown
Unknown
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People committing / 12 mo
Unknown
Unknown
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
Unknown
Unknown
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?Differs
Confirmed: Yes, Windows desktop app; scans local drives, folders, network shares and MTP devices
Confirmed: Yes, desktop and command-line app with no internet access
Hosted by the vendor
Code licenceDiffers
Partial: GPL-3.0 or later (copyleft); parts of the source also under more lenient terms; logo CC BY 3.0
Partial: MIT core library and CLI; the Krokiet desktop app is GPL-3.0-only (copyleft); icons CC BY 4.0
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No separate model weights
Confirmed: No separate model weights
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Commercial useDiffers
Partial: Free to use at work; GPL conditions apply if you distribute modified versions
Partial: Free to use at work; GPL conditions apply if you distribute a modified Krokiet app
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Paid services needed?Differs
Confirmed: None; no account or paid edition
Confirmed: None; free with no ads
Subscription
HardwareDiffers
Unknown: Not documented
Unknown: Not documented; similar-video search needs ffmpeg
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Operating systemsDiffers
Partial: Windows only (7 to 11 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to 2025); x64, ARM64 and x86 builds
Confirmed: Windows 10 and 11, macOS and Linux (prebuilt Krokiet binaries); Android app Cedinia
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Setup effortDiffers
Confirmed: Easy; Microsoft Store, winget, Chocolatey, Scoop, MSI installer or portable zip
Confirmed: Easy; download a prebuilt Krokiet binary from GitHub releases, or cargo install krokiet
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Stars over time
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Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. windirstat/windirstat ↗qarmin/czkawka ↗