Open Source Apps for finding duplicate files and images Apps for Linux

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  1. FSlint icon
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    FSlint is a utility to find and clean various forms of lint on a filesystem. I.E. unwanted or problematic cruft in your files or file names. For example, one form of lint it finds is duplicate files. It has both GUI and command line modes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Rdfind is a program that finds duplicate files. It is useful for compressing backup directories or just finding duplicate files. It compares files based on their content, NOT on their file names.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    57 alternatives
  3. Aperito icon
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    Aperito is a somewhat scriptable duplicate file manager. It can simply used to cleanup a directory of duplicate files but it also allows you to perform much more complex deduplication. For example, if you want to delete all files under Dir3 that also exist under Dir1 or Dir2 but...

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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    fclones is a command line utility that identifies groups of identical files and gets rid of the file copies you no longer need. It comes with plenty of configuration options for controlling the search scope and offers many ways of removing duplicates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. samesame icon
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    SameSame is a collection of tools that free up wasted disk space by linking identical files together, moving them, or deleting the duplicate files altogether. This tool includes separate utilities for handling archive files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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