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 50 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, Mole, Tron Script and PureMac.

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  1. BleachBit icon
     894 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.

    163 BleachBit alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blackberry
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flathub
     
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  2. Mole icon
     20 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.

    62 Mole alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Tron Script icon
     34 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...

    170 Tron Script alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. PureMac icon
     10 likes

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

    51 PureMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  5. Pearcleaner icon
     28 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...

    59 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Quitty icon
     6 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.

    52 Quitty alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Sweeper icon
     8 likes

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

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • KDE
     
  8. Cleaner for WhatsApp - Clean WhatsApp's Redundant Media Files from Storage.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  9. This is a toolset for improvement of performance of Windows desktop and server operating systems. Much gratitude goes to Ponderworthy folks and friends for much input, a good bit of which can be read at notes.ponderworthy.com.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PowerShell
     
  10. Fregonator icon
     1 like

    Lightweight open-source system cleaner for Windows 10/11. Runs up to 13 cleaning tasks simultaneously using PowerShell. Does not touch the Registry or web browsers. Portable version is 220 KB. No ads, no Pro version, no telemetry. MIT licensed.

    4 Fregonator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  11. WinTrim icon
     2 likes

    A comprehensive Windows cleanup Powershell script.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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