CrunchyCleaner

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Lightweight software cache cleanup TUI for Windows and Linux, written in Go as a single dependency-free binary. Scans predefined directories and lets you pick which caches to clean: system (logs, temp, thumbnails, shell history, package managers, shader cache), browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Zen), apps (Steam, Epic/Heroic, Discord, Telegram, Spotify), and developer caches (VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Go, pip, npm, yarn, Cargo, Electron, NuGet, Gradle, Playwright, uv, Node.js). Flatpak supported, Snap not.

Platforms

Interface

Tech stack

Go (Golang) per CSV and repo (language: Go; single binary)

Features

Dev-junk cleaning

One of its features

Development

Solo developer · original author still leads

Knuspii

Solo developer (u/Agreeable-Can3340, Knuspii on GitHub); ships on a months-long cadence rather than launch-and-abandon.

License

GPL

Open Source per CSV; GPL-3.0 in repo

Price

Free

Launched

Aug 31, 2025

repo_created_at

Repo created

Aug 31, 2025

First release

Aug 31, 2025

Last seen alive

Oct 18, 2026

Checks

Mechanical checks derived from the fields above. Each row is one fact; "not yet checked" means exactly that, not a failure. There is no composite score; read them together.

Track record	about 1 year
Source published	Yes
Release signing	Not yet checked
Security contact	Not yet checked
Reproducible builds	Not yet checked
Telemetry	Not yet checked
Runs elevated	Not yet checked
Auto-update channel	Not yet checked
Recent activity	Last seen 13 days ago

Relations

same author kepfi
Minimalist rm alternative with a recovery bin (announced r/CLI and r/commandline 2026-03-30).

Research notes

Predates the mid-2026 wave: repo created 2025-08-31 and still maintained (last push 2026-10-16) - a survivor, not a launch-and-abandon.
CSV lists the reddit poster as u/Knuspii; the actual announcement author is u/Agreeable-Can3340. Same person: their comments answer usage questions as the creator ('crunchycleaner -h or crunchycleaner --help') and drop the Knuspii repo link. Their profile listing renders empty - post history wiped - but arctic still holds the posts.

Announcements

2 recorded

May 14, 2026 r/tui — CrunchyCleaner cache cleanup tool. Thx for 25 stars and 500+ downloads! by u/agreeable-can3340

Earliest author promotion found; 'since my last post' implies an even earlier post not in the archive.

I built it because I wanted something faster and cleaner than traditional GUI tools, but more interactive than a simple bash script. — Problem statement

May 15, 2026 r/DigitalEscapeTools — CrunchyCleaner - Software cache cleanup tool for Windows & Linux. by u/agreeable-can3340

Lightweight: Single binary, no dependencies (just download and run it) — Virtue

I built it because I wanted something faster and cleaner than traditional GUI tools, but more interactive than a simple bash script. — Problem statement

Sources

URL	Role	Status	Checked	Archive
github.com/Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner	repo	200	2026-10-18

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