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**Krokiet** ((IPA: [ˈkrɔcɛt]), "croquette" in Polish) new generation GUI frontend, simple, multiplatform, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.


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**Czkawka** (_tch•kav•ka_ (IPA: [ˈʧ̑kafka]), "hiccup" in Polish) older gtk4 GUI frontend, superseded by Krokiet. **Version 12.0 is the last released version** - no new binaries will be provided. New users and existing users are encouraged to switch to Krokiet.

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**Cedinia** - Android touch friendly GUI frontend for Czkawka Core, built with Slint.

## Features

- **Written in memory-safe Rust** - almost 100% unsafe code free
- **Amazingly fast** - due multithreading and efficient algorithms
- **Free, Open Source without any ads**
- **Multiplatform** - runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, x86, ARM, RISC-V and even Android
- **Cache support** - second and further scans should be much faster than the first one
- **Easy to run, easy to compile** - minimal runtime and build dependencies, portable version available
- **CLI frontend** - for easy automation
- **GUI frontend** - Krokiet, built with the Slint framework
- **Core library** - allows to reuse functionality in other apps
- **Android app** - touch-friendly frontend for Android devices
- **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 similar music by tags or by reading content and comparing it
    - **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
    - **Exif Remover** - Removes Exif metadata from various file types
    - **Video Optimizer** - Crops from static parts and converts videos to more efficient formats
    - **Bad Names*