Czkawka

Czkawka is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.
Homepage:	https://qarmin.github.io/czkawka/
Source Code:	https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka
License:	MIT License
Platforms:	Linux,Windows,MacOS
Function:	De-Duplication,File Management,Appraisal

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

E. Bärwaldt (2022). File Diet: Remove unnecessary files with Czkawka. Linux Magazine, Issue 251/2021. https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/251/Czkawka