

Since Czkawka is written in Rust and it aims to be a faster alternative to FSlint or DupeGuru which are written in Python, we need to compare the speed of these tools. If you want to try and develop Czkawka or just use the latest available feature, you may want to look at the compilation instruction. Installation instructions with download links you can find here. Some helpful tricks you can find here Installation
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You can find the instructions on how to use Czkawka here. Broken Files - Finds files with an invalid extension or that are corrupted.Invalid Symbolic Links - Shows symbolic links which point to non-existent files/directories.Same Music - Searches for music with the same artist, album etc.Similar Videos - Looks for visually similar videos.Similar Images - Finds images which are not exactly the same (different resolution, watermarks).


Empty Files - Looks for empty files across the drive.Big Files - Finds the provided number of the biggest files in given location.Empty Folders - Finds empty folders with the help of an advanced algorithm.Duplicates - Finds duplicates based on file name, size or hash.Multilingual - support multiple languages like Polish, English or Italian.No spying - Czkawka does not have access to the Internet, nor does it collect any user information or statistics.GUI frontend - uses modern GTK 3 and looks similar to FSlint.Cache support - second and further scans should be a lot faster than the first one.Multiplatform - works on Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD and many more.Amazingly fast - due to using more or less advanced algorithms and multithreading.ka (IPA: ), “hiccup” in Polish) is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.
