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    qarmin/czkawka

    Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.

    34.9K stars
    1.3K forks
    159 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 58 days ago, with 94 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #8 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 25, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a fast, multi-platform app to find and remove duplicate files, empty folders, similar images, videos, and other unnecessary files.
    • Offers memory-safe Rust implementation with advanced algorithms and multithreading for high performance and no user data collection.
    • Use for cleaning up disk space by identifying and deleting duplicate and large files across Linux, Windows, and macOS systems.
    • Use for organizing media libraries by detecting similar images, videos, and music files based on content and metadata.
    • Use for system maintenance by locating broken files, invalid symbolic links, empty folders, and files with mismatched extensions.

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    License

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    From the README

    Czkawka (tch•kav•ka (IPA: [ˈʧ̑kafka]), "hiccup" in Polish) is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.

    Krokiet ((IPA: [ˈkrɔcɛt]), "croquet" in Polish) same as above, but uses Slint frontend.

    Changelog about each version can be found in CHANGELOG.md.

    New releases can be found in Github releases and nightly builds also in Nightly releases

    Excerpt from the qarmin/czkawka README on GitHub (NOASSERTION license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    1.3K+116

    Open issues

    289-11

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