CrunchyCleaner

🧹 A lightweight, software cache cleanup tool for Windows & Linux.

Made by: Knuspii, (M) - Cross-Platform: Works on both Windows and Linux - Lightweight: Single binary, no dependencies (just download and run it) - TUI (Text-UI): Simple, minimalist interface, no confusing menus

Supported Software List:

Flatpak is supported \ Snap is not supported

📥 How to Install & Download

Paste this into your terminal and restart it afterwards. \ For Linux (using sudo):

curl -L https://github.com/Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner/releases/latest/download/crunchycleaner -o cc && sudo install -m 755 cc /usr/local/bin/crunchycleaner && rm cc

For Windows (using Powershell as Admin):

iwr https://github.com/Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner/releases/latest/download/crunchycleaner.exe -OutFile cc.exe; mv -Force cc.exe $env:SystemRoot\System32\crunchycleaner.exe

For Go (using go install):

go install github.com/knuspii/crunchycleaner/v2@latest

Or download the binary and just run it: [Download here]

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Options:

  -a    Automate cleaning (select all and start immediately)
  -d    Simulation mode without deleting files (for testing)
  -t    Skip terminal resizing and environment initialization
  -v    Display version information

If you only use a terminal, you might want to use the -t flag.

[!WARNING] You use this tool at your own risk!

[!NOTE] AI was used for this project in some parts.

Q&A

Q: Will this break my system? \ A: No.\ \ Q: What does it actually delete? \ A: Only cache files and temp files.\ \ Q: Why another cleaner? \ A: Because this one is easy, simple, small and lightweight.

Other Downloads

CrunchyCleaner is also available on SourceForge \

External Dependencies

This project uses the following external dependencies: - github.com/eiannone/keyboard – used for cross-platform keyboard input (MIT License) - github.com/shirou/gopsutil – used for cross-platform system and hardware metrics (BSD 3-Clause License)