dust vs WinDirStat
When comparing dust vs WinDirStat, the Slant community recommends WinDirStat for most people. In the question“What are the best tools to discover disk usage?” WinDirStat is ranked 8th while dust is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose WinDirStat is:
GNU Public License (GPLv2).
Specs
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Pros
Pro Supports NTFS directory junctions
NTFS filesystems use several types of reparse points, one being the directory junction which is akin to a directory symlink on ext2/3/4. dust is able to traverse these successfully and add their contents to the reported sizes unless most other Windows command line tools of this nature.
Pro Free / Open Source
GNU Public License (GPLv2).
Pro Color codes by file type
You can sort the list in the extension column (file type) globally or from parent folder selected. This is very helpful in case there are files of a specific type that you may not be aware of that's taking up too much space. Also, the colors correspond to the visual section.
Pro Lightweight
Pro PacMan Progress Bars
Cons
Con Slow
There are faster programs.
Con Classic UI
interface are old and cluttered