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Free Folder Size Reporter (Python)

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Free Folder Size Reporter (Python)

What this is

Who it's for: Freelancers who need a folder size reporter

A Python command-line tool that ranks folders and files by size and writes a sorted report. For freelancers finding what is eating their disk space.

Free in full — download it and use it on your own freelance work.

Terminal tool: you run it from a terminal (command line) — the README inside the download gives the exact command.

User manual

  1. Run: python3 folder_size.py /path/to/folder
  2. Read the report, largest first, with sizes in MB.
  3. Open the largest folders to see what is inside them.
  4. Archive or delete what you no longer need.
  5. Re-run after tidying to confirm the space saved.

Requirements

Python 3.8 or later. No extra packages needed.

Download details

Format: Python script

What is inside: folder_size.py (Python standard library only), README.txt.

This download is one ZIP containing the Python file plus the README. Unzip it, then run the tool with Python 3 — the README inside the zip gives the exact command.

Download free — folder-size-reporter.zip (1.2 KB)

How to run this tool, step by step →

Safety: this tool runs locally on your own computer in plain Python — your files stay private and nothing is uploaded.

Questions

What does folder size reporter do?

A Python command-line tool that ranks folders and files by size and writes a sorted report.

What files do I get?

The download is folder-size-reporter.zip.

What do I need to open or use it?

Python 3.8 or later. No extra packages needed.

Does it change or delete anything?

No. It only reads folder sizes and writes a report. It never deletes files.

Can I sort smallest first?

Yes. Use --reverse to list smallest first instead of largest first.

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What it actually looks like

Real preview of folder-size-reporter

Real preview: actual terminal output from running the tool.

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