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== Description == Czkawka is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer. Features * Written in memory-safe Rust * Amazingly fast - due to using more or less advanced algorithms and multithreading * Free, Open Source without ads * Multiplatform - works on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and many more * Cache support - second and further scans should be much faster than the first one * CLI frontend - for easy automation * GUI frontend - uses GTK 4 framework and looks similar to FSlint * No spying - Czkawka does not have access to the Internet, nor does it collect any user information or statistics * Multilingual - support multiple languages like Polish, English or Italian * Multiple tools to use: * Duplicates - Finds duplicates based on file name, size or hash ** Empty Folders - Finds empty folders with the help of an advanced algorithm ** Big Files - Finds the provided number of the biggest files in given location ** Empty Files - Looks for empty files across the drive ** Temporary Files - Finds temporary files ** Similar Images - Finds images which are not exactly the same (different resolution, watermarks) ** Similar Videos - Looks for visually similar videos ** Same Music - Searches for music with the same artist, album etc. ** Invalid Symbolic Links - Shows symbolic links which point to non-existent files/directories ** Broken Files - Finds files that are invalid or corrupted ** Bad Extensions - Lists files whose content not match with their extension == User Experiences == [https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/251/Czkawka E. Bärwaldt (2022). File Diet: Remove unnecessary files with Czkawka. ''Linux Magazine, Issue 251/2021''. https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/251/Czkawka]

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