SpaceMonger
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 SpaceMonger 1.4.0 running on Windows |
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| Developer(s) | Sean Werkema |
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| Stable release | 2.1.1 / 8 September 2006 |
| Preview release | 2.1.2-pre3 / 13 November 2006 |
| Operating system | Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista |
| Platform | x86, x86-64 |
| Development status | Inactive |
| Type | Treemapping |
| License | v1.4 freeware & v2.1.1+ Proprietary |
| Website | www.sixty-five.cc |
SpaceMonger is a treemapping tool for hard disks and file systems.
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[edit] Version history
Version 1.4 is freeware, distributed online as a 103Kb Pkzip archive—the program itself is a Windows 9x compatible standalone .EXE which needs no installer. It shows a treemap of files and lets the user open and delete individual files. Some users prefer its smaller size and relative simplicity to later versions.
Version 2.1.1 is shareware, (more specifically nagware), and requires a 1279Kb installer. Its code-base is a complete re-write[1], and features file copy/move, animated zooming, new menu selections, commonly used tool buttons, and a faster scanning algorithm.
[edit] Limitations of v1.4
- Only maps entire storage devices, but the subst command or targeted network drive mappings can be used to circumvent this.
- No integration with Windows Explorer, but the text-only tool Gauge It![citation needed] is able to integrate the mapping functionality with Windows Explorer and provide a context-driven map of limited sub-directories.
- No auto refresh, filesystem changes are not tracked until a manual rescan is requested.
[edit] Publicity
Steve Gibson has mentioned SpaceMonger twice on his internet radio show Security Now! (episodes 88 and 108). From 2001-2004 Pricelessware included SpaceMonger in its list of best Windows freeware as selected by the readers of alt.comp.freeware. The June 2004 Maximum PC included SpaceMonger v1.40 on its CD-ROM[2]. Perhaps most SpaceMonger publicity comes from blogs, newsgroups, journalists [3] and word of mouth.
[edit] Current status
Spacemonger is no longer actively developed: The last releases were in 2006, aside from some minor bugfixes to the PHP script in 2007, and the forum is abandoned to bot-spam.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] Similar
- WinDirStat
- KDirStat
- SpaceSniffer
