Drive Sonar is a fast, lightweight, cross-platform disk space analyzer built with Rust and Tauri. It allows you to visualize drive usage through interactive treemaps, identify large files via histograms and scatter plots, and perform safe file cleanups (after confirmation and several saftety checks) with high performance and low memory overhead. In addition, you can also save the disck scan report. Optimized for Windows, Drive Sonar runs on Linux and macOS as well, giving you a consistent user experience.
Publisher’s description
What is Drive Sonar?
Drive Sonar by Barun Saha is open-source Windows software in the disk & usb tools category. It is written in TypeScript.
Installation and requirements
The publisher provides EXE (NSIS) installers for 64-bit Windows. A silent install is possible with the installer’s documented switches.
Popularity and file types
The Chocolatey package has been downloaded 22 times. The source code on GitHub (barun-saha/drive-sonar) has 4 stars. Similar programs include Rufus, Ventoy and unetbootin.
Project description on GitHub: “Explore and map your disk space usage”
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Open source: the code can be inspected and built by anyone
- Documented silent install
- Updated in the last two months
Cons
- No native ARM64 build
In short: Drive Sonar is an open-source disk & usb tool tool for 64-bit PCs. Administrators can deploy it unattended.
Is Drive Sonar safe to download?
- The file is served by github.com, the publisher’s own domain
- The download link uses HTTPS
- A SHA256 hash is published, so you can verify the file:
6B7C4E50C050BA94199FE94FD1B072DE3CBB9246A4E8AE1C247158CFFE2E8EF2· Open the VirusTotal report for this hash - The link has not been checked yet
- The source code is public
- ExeAtlas does not host, wrap or modify installers
Related guide: How to check a file’s SHA256 hash on Windows
Recent versions
All 1 versions ›| Version | Date | Size | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9.0Latest | September 13, 2026 | — | 64-bit EXE (NSIS) |
Install from the command line
Silent install ›winget install --id BarunSaha.DriveSonar -echoco install drivesonar -yDrive.Sonar_0.9.0_x64-setup.exe /SRelated guide: How to use winget: install and update apps
Information
- Publisher
- Barun Saha
- Category
- Disk & USB tools
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Price
- Free
- Source code
- github.com/barun-saha/drive-sonar
- Written in
- TypeScript
- Requires
- Windows 11 / 10
- Architecture
- 64-bit
- Installer
- EXE (NSIS)
- Version
- 0.9.0
- Released
- September 13, 2026
- Added to the catalogue
- October 16, 2026
- Versions listed
- 1
- Chocolatey downloads
- 22
- GitHub stars
- 4
- Website
- drivesonar.download
- winget ID
- BarunSaha.DriveSonar
- Chocolatey package
- drivesonar
Ratings and reviews
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Frequently asked questions
Is Drive Sonar free?
Yes. Drive Sonar is open-source software under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Is Drive Sonar safe to download?
The download comes from github.com, which belongs to the publisher; ExeAtlas does not host or change the file. Compare its SHA256 hash with the one shown here, or open the VirusTotal report for that hash.
How do I install Drive Sonar with winget?
Open PowerShell or Windows Terminal and run the winget command shown on this page. winget downloads the official installer and checks its SHA256 hash before running it.
Can Drive Sonar be installed silently?
Yes. The silent install page lists the exact command for each installer.
Does Drive Sonar run on ARM (Windows on Arm)?
There is no ARM64 build; Windows 11 on Arm can run the 64-bit version through emulation.
What are alternatives to Drive Sonar?
Rufus, Ventoy, unetbootin, smartmontools and gdu. The alternatives page compares them.
