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When managing storage on your Linux systems, efficiently tracking your disk usage is vital. Visual tools like the graphical Disk Usage Analyzer (part of the GNOME desktop environment) are helpful, but what if you're managing a server via SSH, or prefer using the terminal? Enter ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage), a lightweight, text-based utility that provides a fast and easy-to-navigate interface to analyze disk usage. In this blog, we’ll explore what makes ncdu special, and provide detailed installation instructions across different Linux distributions. Disk space management might look straightforward — until you're sifting through gigabytes of data trying to figure out what's using up all your storage.