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Tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust. Version 0.2.18 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dutree

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install dutree

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dutree · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dutree

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/du/dutree/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust

Commands and aliases

  • dutree

history

Project history and usage

dutree is a Rust command-line disk-usage analyzer that prints a colored filesystem tree. It appeared during the same Rust CLI wave as tools like dust, but kept a simpler tree-and-aggregation focus.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2018 and the crates.io package followed in April 2018. The README describes dutree as fast, written in Rust, able to display a filesystem tree, aggregate small files, exclude paths, compare directories, and use LS_COLORS for colored output.

GitHub releases show early compatibility work in 2018, including a v0.2.7 release described as compatible with macOS, followed by minor fixes through v0.2.15 in November 2019.

Adoption history

The official README documents installation through Cargo, standalone Linux release binaries, Arch's AUR, and Fedora's repositories. That is modest but meaningful adoption for a focused filesystem utility.

How it is used

Users run `dutree [options] <path>` with flags for depth, aggregation thresholds, summaries, real disk usage, bytes output, files-only mode, exclusions, hidden-file handling, and ASCII-only output.

Why package nerds care

dutree is notable as an early packaged Rust answer to `du` plus `tree`: less interactive than ncdu, more structured than plain `du`, and small enough to be carried by package managers for users who want a quick terminal overview.

Timeline

  • 2018-03-25: GitHub repository created.
  • 2018-04-16: `dutree` crate created on crates.io.
  • 2018-05-10: v0.2.7 release published with macOS compatibility noted.
  • 2019-11-18: v0.2.15 release published.

Related projects

  • The dust README lists dutree among alternatives in the disk-usage-inspection space, alongside ncdu, dua, pdu, dirstat-rs, and shell pipelines built from `du`, `sort`, and `head`.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
dutreecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.2.18
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.2.18

https://github.com/nachoparker/dutree

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:dutree
Version0.2.18
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dutree
Homepagehttps://github.com/nachoparker/dutree
Repositoryhttps://github.com/nachoparker/dutree
Upstream docshttps://github.com/nachoparker/dutree#readme
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/nachoparker/dutree/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.18.tar.gz
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedutree
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

dutree

nix profile install nixpkgs#dutree
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dutree
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/dutree/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

dutree 0.2.18-17.fc44

Command line tool to analyze disk usage

https://crates.io/crates/dutree

sudo dnf install dutree
  • License: GPL-3.0-only AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: rust-dutree
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dutree
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dutree from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

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