Display info on repo usage/space remaining

Is there any interest in some UI which displays how much space is remaining in the repo? I currently don’t see this information available from anywhere within the UI.

We could use the /api/v0/stats/repo API to display some sort of bar for RepoSize / StorageMax.

[lidel]

Yup, actually, it is currently being designed! Status widget will be initially introduced in IPFS Desktop, but will eventually also land in WebUI (when we get back to refreshing it).

See initial mockup of such “stats gauge” at: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/pm-ipfs-gui/issues/12#issuecomment-361733414 (last one). FYI there are even more mockups for various parts of new UI Kit at https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/pm-ipfs-gui/issues/7#issuecomment-364497449 (note this is not final, just work in progress 😃)

[olizilla]

Comment from @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-webui/issues/887#issuecomment-440330288

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Here’s an idea: replace CountryChart with a “StorageChart” – a pie chart composed from various sources:

• RepoSize vs StorageMax from ipfs stats repo --size-only
• CumulativeSize('/') from ipfs files stat / --size (and maybe lazy-loaded ipfs files stat / --size --with-local which is expensive)

How is this useful?

• If GC is ON: You see actual size of your repo, available space etc.
  • Each segment could be clickable (cursor: help) and open docs explaining IPFS concepts (opportunity to improve docs, as we don’t have “ipfs repository” on the concepts page yet)
  • Could be a good opportunity to identify missing APIs to make it even more useful.
• If GC is OFF: People may have GC disabled but not know it. We could compare (StorageMax&RepoSize) and if RepoSize is bigger, use it as 100% and display the chunk over StorageMax in red. Clicking on it or hovering could display information about GC (how it works, how to enable it).

I would like to hear your thoughts on this.