Czkawka
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| Fact | Czkawka | Duplicate Cleaner |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | The application makes no network connections and contains no telemetry, update checks or analytics. | The application does not collect or transmit users' personally identifiable information. |
| Purpose | Czkawka finds duplicates, empty folders, similar images, and other unnecessary files. | Duplicate Cleaner finds and removes duplicate files from computers or network drives, including documents, photos, music and video. |
| Requirements | Krokiet prebuilt binaries have no mandatory runtime dependencies, but its similar videos tool requires ffmpeg at runtime. | The current download is for Microsoft Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7 and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or greater. |
| Support | The maintainer invites users to create issues for bugs and pull requests for fixes; GTK-specific issues and feature requests are generally to be closed. | DigitalVolcano provides technical support through Freshdesk tickets, an online manual and a discussion forum. |
Czkawka plans
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- Duplicate Cleaner FreeFree
- Duplicate Cleaner Pro 5—
- Duplicate Cleaner Pro 5 Site License—
Pick Czkawka if…
Czkawka suits people who want to inspect selected folders for duplicate, empty, or other unnecessary files. It offers both graphical and command-line frontends, plus an Android frontend.
Pick Duplicate Cleaner if…
Duplicate Cleaner suits Windows users sorting duplicate files across local or network drives, including media collections. It may also help users scanning portable devices, while archive scanning requires Pro.