Putzen is a command-line utility that helps keep disks clean by removing build and dependency artifacts. It uses file and folder rules to identify projects and safely clean generated directories.
It supports Rust, JavaScript, and CMake projects, and performs cleanup operations in parallel where supported by the file system.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Cleans Rust target directories, JavaScript node_modules directories, and CMake build directories.
- Performs cleanup operations in parallel.
- Offers a dry-run mode to preview deletions without removing files.
- Interactively asks for confirmation before deletion.
- Calculates the amount of disk space that will be freed.
- Supports configurable traversal of hidden directories.
- Can follow symbolic links.
- Tracks cleanup highscores for individual and total runs.
Website: github.com/sassman/putzen-rs
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Developer: Sven Kanoldt
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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