Czkawka

Jul 20, 2023

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

Czkawka tch-kav-ka, hiccup 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 and macOS
  • Cache support - second and further scans should be a lot faster than the first one
  • CLI frontend - for easy automation
  • GUI frontend - uses modern GTK 3 and looks similar to FSlint
  • Rich search option - allows setting absolute included and excluded directories, set of allowed file extensions or excluded items with the * wildcard
  • Multiple tools to use
    • Duplicates - Finds duplicates basing on file name, size, hash, first 1 MB of 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
    • Zeroed Files - Finds files which are filled with zeros usually corrupted
    • Same Music - Searches for music with same artist, album etc.
    • Invalid Symbolic Links - Shows symbolic links which points to non-existent files/directories
    • Broken Files - Finds files with an invalid extension or that are corrupted


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