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

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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, Zen
Apps:	Steam, Epic Games(Heroic), Discord, Telegram, Spotify
Development:	Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDE, Slack, Go, Pip, NPM, Yarn, Cargo, Electron, NuGet, Gradle, Playwright, Python uv, Node.js

Flatpak is supported
Snap is NOT supported

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📥 How to Install & Download

Easiest way:

Simply download the latest release from here ⬇ and run the binary.

Alternative: Install via Terminal

If you prefer installing CrunchyCleaner through your terminal, use one of the following commands.

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

Windows (using PowerShell as Administrator):

$d="$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)}

Go (using go install):

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

After installation, restart your terminal and verify it by running:

crunchycleaner -v

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Options:

  -a	Automate cleaning (select all and start immediately)
  -d	Dry-run mode without deleting files (for testing)
  -s	Show all hotkeys
  -v	Show version information

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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)
• golang.org/x/term – used for the menu list (BSD 3-Clause License)
• github.com/shirou/gopsuti – used for cross-platform system and hardware metrics (BSD 3-Clause License)