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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:

Category Software / Path

System: System Logs, System Temp, Thumbnail, Shell History, Package Managers, Shader Cache

Browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera

Development: Visual Studio Code, Slack, JetBrains IDE, Go, Pip, NPM, Yarn, Cargo, NuGet, Gradle

Gaming: Steam, Epic Games(Heroic)

Apps: Discord, Spotify, Thunderbird, Telegram

Flatpak is supported Snap is NOT supported

📥 How to Install & Download

Download the latest binary and just run/open it: [Download here] Or paste the corresponding command into your terminal and restart it afterwards to fully install it.

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):

$d="$env:ProgramFiles\CrunchyCleaner"; md $d -F; iwr "https://github.com/Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner/releases/latest/download/crunchycleaner.exe" -OutFile "$d\crunchycleaner.exe"; $p=[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path',2); if($p -notlike "$d"){[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path',"$p;$d",2)}

For Go (using go install):

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

After that you can just type crunchycleaner -v into your terminal to verify it's installed.

Options:

-a Automate cleaning (select all and start immediately) -d Simulation mode without deleting files (for testing) -v Display version information

Warning

You use this tool at your own risk!

Note

AI was used for this project in some parts. BUT THIS IS NOT VIBECODED!

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

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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)

Source: https://github.com/Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner?utm_source=trendshift.io