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Czkawka

Ch 037.2of 38 Duplicate File Finders
  1. 1Runs onAndroid, Linux, Mac, Windows
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Platform coveragecross-platform
  4. 4Scan locationsUser-selected directories and files
  5. 5Match methodsFile name, file size, full-file hash, and combined size plus name
  6. 6File previewYes
  7. 7Automatic selectionYes
  8. 8Recycle Bin / TrashYes
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Overview

Czkawka is ranked #3 of 38 in duplicate file finders on Specifiction. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Czkawka plans and pricing

All plans
Free Free Free to use · no ads github.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on duplicate file finders

Free plan
Yesgithub.com
Platform coverage
cross-platformgithub.com
Scan locations
User-selected directories and filesgithub.com
Match methods
File name, file size, full-file hash, and combined size plus namegithub.com
File preview
Yesgithub.com
Automatic selection
Yesgithub.com
Recycle Bin / Trash
Yesgithub.com
Folder exclusions
Yesgithub.com

Facts

Purpose
Czkawka finds duplicates, empty folders, similar images, and other unnecessary files.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Tools
Its tools include finding duplicate and empty files, temporary files, large files, similar videos, and music duplicates.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Performance
The project says it uses multithreading and efficient algorithms, and supports caching to speed up later scans.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Privacy
The project says Czkawka has no internet access and collects no user information or statistics.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Frontends
The project provides GUI and CLI frontends, a core library, and an Android frontend.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations
The reusable czkawka_core library is used by the project’s frontends, and Python bindings are available.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Platforms
The project lists Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and Android among supported platforms; the Czkawka GTK frontend is superseded by Krokiet.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Downloads
The Czkawka GTK 12.0 release is the last, and the project says no new binaries will be provided for that frontend.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Requirements
Krokiet prebuilt binaries have no mandatory runtime dependencies, but its similar videos tool requires ffmpeg at runtime.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
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.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
License
The repository says its code is MIT-licensed, while the Krokiet and Cedinia applications are GPL-3.0-only.github.com · 29 Sept 2026
Official sources
The maintainer says the project has no official website and identifies the repository, prebuilt-binaries project, crates.io projects, and Flathub as directly maintained sources.github.com · 29 Sept 2026

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