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Monitor System

Stacer (fork) – Linux system optimizer and monitoring tool

November 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Stacer is a Qt-based Linux system optimiser with resource graphs, service and process controls, startup management and system cleaning.

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System Cleaning

Krokiet – graphical duplicate file finder and system cleaner

October 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Krokiet is a graphical file cleaner that finds duplicates, similar images and videos, empty folders, broken files and wasted space.

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System Cleaning

GT-STACER – Linux system optimiser and monitor

October 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GT-STACER provides graphical Linux system monitoring, process management, cleaning, backup, firewall controls and power management.

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System Cleaning

Bleach – terminal-based Linux maintenance utility

June 6, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Bleach provides a terminal dashboard for Linux cleanup, package updates, log maintenance and removal of developer caches and unused data.

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System Cleaning

Linux Cleaner – make routine Linux maintenance easier

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Linux Cleaner offers GUI and command-line tools to clear user caches, old journals, crash reports, Trash and package manager caches.

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System Cleaning

CrunchyCleaner – terminal-based application cache cleaner

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

CrunchyCleaner removes application caches and temporary files through a terminal interface, with dry-run and automated cleaning modes.

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vizex

mcdu – disk usage analyzer and developer cleanup tool

February 13, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

mcdu combines an interactive disk usage browser with developer-cache cleanup, parallel scans, deletion safeguards and JSON audit logs.

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System Cleaning

Moonbit – terminal-based system cleaner

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Moonbit cleans Linux caches, temporary files and unused Docker data, with terminal controls, dry-run previews and scheduled maintenance.

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Selection of utilities

Spruce – graphical application cache cleaner

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Spruce scans application caches and trash, previews selected removals, and displays disk usage through a simple GTK desktop interface.

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Find Duplicates

rmlint – detect duplicate files and filesystem clutter

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rmlint detects duplicate files, empty directories and broken links, then generates reports and scripts for reviewing cleanup actions.

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Find Duplicates

FSlint – find duplicate files and filesystem problems

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

FSlint finds duplicate files, broken symbolic links, empty directories, invalid names and other filesystem problems from the terminal.

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System Cleaning

Flatsweep – Flatpak leftover cleaner

September 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Flatsweep is a simple tool that acts as a Flatpak leftover cleaner. This is free and open source software written in Python.

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System Cleaning

Sweeper – clean desktop histories and caches

September 20, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Sweeper removes KDE desktop histories, clipboard contents, thumbnail caches and supported web browsing traces through a simple interface.

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System Cleaning

Ubuntu Cleaner – Clean up your system

September 20, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Ubuntu Cleaner is an open source system tool for Ubuntu and Debian based distributions. The software makes it easy to configure your system.

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