CrunchyCleaner
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, 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
📥 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 Dry-run 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)