The Best Open Source CCleaner AlternativesTop System Cleaners & Software Uninstallers like CCleaner

The best open source alternative to CCleaner is BleachBit. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to CCleaner and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to CCleaner are SD Maid SE, Kudu Cleaner, Mole and PureMac.

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  1. BleachBit icon

    BleachBit

     920 likes

    BleachBit deletes unnecessary files such as cache and cookies to enhance privacy and disk space efficiency on Linux and Windows. It supports numerous applications including web browsers, office suites, and multimedia tools.

    169 BleachBit alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    BleachBit vs CCleaner Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    John Fastman
    17

    BleachBit is open source and does a thorough job of deleting various files that could reveal what you've been up to, from cookies to temporary files and other junk. It can't replace CCleaner on Mac, but on Windows and Linux it is arguably better and more trustworthy.

    Top Negative Comment
    Noah Sean
    -1

    It doesn't have an automated option as far as I can tell, it seems to only work manually.

    frogue
    Positive
    1

    It's FOSS, no bloat, and does a perfect job.

    3 of 27 comments
    • BleachBit is Free and Open SourceCCleaner is Freemium and Proprietary
    • BleachBit is Privacy focused and LightweightCCleaner is not according to our users
  4. Kudu Cleaner icon

    Kudu Cleaner

     26 likes

    The free system maintenance suite your PC deserves. 15+ powerful tools to clean, optimize, and protect your Windows, macOS, and Linux machines. Open source, no ads, no bloatware. Just a faster computer.

    89 Kudu Cleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Cleaner
     
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    Mole

    Open source Mac command line utility integrating disk cleanup, deep app uninstallation with artifact removal, disk analysis, optimization tasks, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network moni...

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  6. Mole icon

    Mole

     27 likes

    Open source Mac command line utility integrating disk cleanup, deep app uninstallation with artifact removal, disk analysis, optimization tasks, and a live terminal dashboard for real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring with interactive options.

    82 Mole alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  8. PureMac icon

    PureMac

     22 likes

    Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.

    68 PureMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. Pearcleaner icon

    Pearcleaner

     36 likes

    An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...

    76 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. optimizerDuck icon

    optimizerDuck

     13 likes

    Open-source Windows software offering more than 30 system tweaks spanning performance, privacy, GPU, power, bloatware, and user experience, with detailed risk ratings, automatic backups, one-click reverts, built-in management tools, and user-controlled settings.

    63 optimizerDuck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Tron Script icon

    Tron Script

     35 likes

    Tron is a collection of programs, tools, utilities, and Windows functions that are all scripted together. Those programs and such are designed to remove malware and bloatware, repair damaged operating systems, update old versions of very common applications, free up drive space...

    171 Tron Script alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Quitty icon

    Quitty

     8 likes

    Comprehensive macOS utility featuring real-time monitoring of CPU, RAM, disk, and network, advanced automated cleaning, storage analysis with file visualization, duplicate management, file recovery, task automation, and a suite of optimization tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. BitBroom Cleaner icon

    BitBroom Cleaner

     3 likes

    Safety-first, open-source disk cleaner for Windows 10/11. Reclaim gigabytes of hidden junk — no ads, no telemetry, no registry snake oil. .NET 10 + WPF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Sweeper icon

    Sweeper

     8 likes

    Sweeper helps to clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system.

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    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • KDE
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  15. WhatsAppCleaner icon

    WhatsAppCleaner

     6 likes

    Cleaner for WhatsApp - Clean WhatsApp's Redundant Media Files from Storage.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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