FluentCleaner
Also known as: FluentCleaner Classic
Active · Source repository
MIT WinUI 3 C# Windows cleaner positioned as 'the transparent, community-powered CCleaner alternative' - 'modern, transparent, no spyware, no scareware, no dark patterns, no upsell garbage, no fake registry magic'. 6.5k stars from builtbybel (Belim), an established Windows utility author. No official website: the README warns that fluentcleaner.org is an unaffiliated lookalike.
- Platforms
- Interface
- Tech stack
- C# / WinUI 3 (repo language C#)
- Features
- Dev-junk cleaning
- Not a focus
- Development
- Solo developer · original author still leadsEstablished indie Windows utility developer (builtbybel) with a catalog of ~20 utilities; FluentCleaner is one entry in it.
- License
- MITMIT (GitHub API); CSV had no license entry
- Price
- FreeFree, 'no upsell garbage'
- Launched
- repo_created_at
- Repo created
- GitHub stars
- 6,666 (as of 2026-10-31)
- First release
- Last seen alive
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 | 204 days ago |
|---|---|
| Source published | Not yet checked |
| 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 47 days ago |
Research notes
- Fake-site warning in the README itself: fluentcleaner.org is unaffiliated, and 'a polished website doesn't make it official' - the exact lookalike-domains pattern this catalog tracks.
- Direct CCleaner-alternative positioning, the anti-commercial-cleaner pitch done by someone with a decade of shipping utilities.
- Two release trains: 'FluentCleaner' (26.xx calendar versioning) and 'FluentCleaner Classic' (1.xx) - a modern rewrite and a classic line.
- CSV listed no GitHub repo; it was found via GitHub search matching the CSV first-commit date.
- 6,513 stars, 234 forks - one of the most-starred entries in the catalog despite zero reddit launches found.
Sources
| URL | Role | Status | Checked | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/builtbybel/FluentCleaner | repo | 200 |
Established alternatives
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