Disk Sort by Zaweba on Mac and Linux
Disk Sort by Zaweba has a Mac and Linux build on the same engine, using the Trash instead of the Recycle Bin and mount points instead of drives.
Disk Sort by Zaweba began on Windows, but it isn't only a Windows app. There's a Mac and Linux build too, and it shares the same engine as the Windows version. The scanning, the maps, the duplicate finder, the photo tools and the careful file handling all come from the same code, so the app behaves the same way wherever you run it.
What changes between systems
Two things are different, because the systems themselves are different.
Deletes go to the Trash instead of the Recycle Bin. On Windows, Disk Sort sends deleted items to the Recycle Bin; on Mac and Linux it uses the Trash, which does the same job. The principle is unchanged: a delete you can undo.
Drives become mount points. Windows names drives with letters, like C and D. Mac and Linux attach disks to places in a single folder tree, called mount points. In the Mac and Linux build, the strip of drives along the top shows the system's mount points instead of drive letters.
Why one engine matters
Sharing one engine is about trust as much as convenience. The rules that decide what counts as a duplicate, how folder sizes are added up and how files are moved are the same everywhere. A move to another disk still copies, checks everything arrived, and only then removes the original. A folder name that clashes still becomes "Name (2)" rather than being merged. Behaviour you've learned on one computer holds on another.
It also means the tools are the same. The folder tree with size bars, the treemap and sunburst, space by type, duplicates, old and large files, changes since an earlier scan, keepers and stars, tagging across folders, bulk rename and ZIP handling are all part of that shared engine.
Who it suits
People with a Windows desktop and a Mac laptop, who want the same tool on both. Households where some computers run Linux. Photographers who cull on whichever machine is nearest. Anyone who's learned Disk Sort's keys and would rather not learn another app's. And anyone tidying an external drive that gets plugged into different computers, since the same tool can read it on each of them and show the same folder tree, the same size bars and the same map.
Things that are Windows-specific
Some parts of the Windows app are tied to Windows itself. The fast NTFS scan reads the index of an NTFS drive, a Windows file system, and Windows-managed cleanup places like Windows Update leftovers belong to Windows. Those depend on Windows rather than on Disk Sort. The standard scan, which works on any file system, is the heart of the app everywhere.
Same approach to privacy
Disk Sort works offline. On every system it needs no account, keeps your files on your own computer, and limits network use to the small set of things it lists, such as a daily update check that downloads nothing and ZIP downloads you ask for.
Getting it
Disk Sort by Zaweba is free software under the EULA. On Windows it runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), and the Mac and Linux build sits alongside it for people who use those systems.
