Space Audit
Plain-English disk storage reports for people who never want to touch a terminal — scan, read, clean.
non-technical home users and small business owners whose drives are mysteriously full
- One-click scan of any folder, drive, or connected cloud account with no installation
- Categorized report grouping files into Photos, Videos, Downloads, Apps, System, and Duplicates
- Clean-this-first recommendations written in everyday language with risk labels
- Optional weekly email digest tracking storage growth over time
Storage keeps ballooning with photos, videos, and backups while graphical cleanup tools have stagnated; the show-HN project highlights how underserved this UX is even for techies.
DaisyDisk's 3,691 App Store ratings, 2,912 reviews, 26,200+ Apple/Pixar users, and Apple Genius Bar recommendations to non-techies show broad, validated demand for plain-English disk scanners.Five Best Hard Drive Space Analyzers (2024 Benchmarked) ↗DaisyDisk | Home ↗
AlternativeTo catalogs 100+ similar apps; WinDirStat, WizTree, TreeSize, CCleaner plus macOS Storage Management and Windows Storage Sense crowd the space — the show-HN Leaves post itself drew only 9 points.Great DaisyDisk Alternatives: Top Disk Usage Analyzers in 2026 ↗Disk Space Analyzer Alternatives: Top 12 Disk Usage Analyzers ↗Show HN: Leaves – A text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer (GitHub) ↗
Proven $9.99 one-time price point (DaisyDisk) and subscription tiers (CCleaner) show willingness to pay, but heavy free alternatives (WinDirStat, WizTree) and OS built-ins cap pricing upside for a new entrant.DaisyDisk | Home ($9.99 lifetime, no subscription) ↗CCleaner pricing: view all CCleaner plans and bundles ↗
Storage keeps ballooning with photos/videos/backups, sustaining the category for 15+ years (DaisyDisk has shipped since 2008); LLM-based explanations add a fresh angle but OS-bundled tools remain a slow-burn risk.DaisyDisk | Home (storage growth narrative, Apple/Pixar usage) ↗Space Savers: Best 10 Disk Cleanup Software Of 2026 ↗
Disk scanning, tree visualization, and file deletion are well-understood problems with abundant open-source building blocks (ncdu, GrandPerspective); an LLM layer for plain-English explanations is the only novel piece and is achievable via local models or APIs.Show HN: Gitignore aware disk usage – both CLI and browser ↗Five Best Hard Drive Space Analyzers (2024 Benchmarked) ↗