dupeGuru
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dupeGuru is a free and open source tool to find duplicate files on your computer. It can scan either filenames or contents. The filename scan features a fuzzy matching algorithm that can find duplicate filenames even when they are not exactly the same.
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- Free • Open Source
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Canada
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Developed by
Virgil Dupras Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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Average rating of 3.8Alternatives
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File Management, OS & Utilities, Photos & GraphicsGitHub repository
- 6,276 Stars
- 447 Forks
- 464 Open Issues
- Updated Aug 23, 2024
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Needed to delete 100GB of duplicates. Worked fast enough and simple. Cannot mark by creation date. Glary Duplicate Remover filtered results by default. Which worked fine, until i wanted to remove all filetypes, and that search did not finish even after hours. Probably would work great on smaller folders though. Has more marking options. Duplicate Cleaner Pro was slow but also works, and has more marking options. Easy Duplicate Finder has a paywall beyond 10 duplicates.
dupeGuru 4.2.1 shows newer file as original with Picture mode.
dupeGuru 4.2.1 returns false matches even with 96%-99% filter hardness with Picture mode.
Users can only set filter hardness like 99% but not 99.9% with GUI.
dupeGuru 4.2.1 creates more pointless work than it solves with Images.
Selecting which duplicate files to delete is a pain. Nice that there's a native image viewer to compare similar images. Can imagine that it works best for people with hundreds of duplicate files with no worries about filenames.
I was searching for a Linux alternative to CloneSpy (windows program) and found dupeguru to be almost as good.
You can select multiple directories and set some to be reference (ie. don't delete any files in the reference directories).
I have tested it successfully with Linux ext4 and Windows ntfs formatted drives.
The one feature it is missing and that I wish it would have is an option to select by default which files to delete or keep (eg. mark longer file name, or newer / older files).
A way to specify the checksum method and a choice of CRC32 rather than MD5 would also be nice.
Still, I give it 5 stars as it does what I need and is easy to use.
Rubbish. Won't let me select which duplicates to delete. Seems to think it knows which ones to remove all by itself.
Yes it will, you can select the one you want to keep it (if has the delete check box beside it and) and select "Make selected into reference" to make it the one to keep. This will toggle it to keep that file and let you select the other duplicates to delete. You can also do this using shortcut key - select the file in the list you want to keep and pressing Ctrl-Space.
I see this gets only 3 stars. I rate it 5 because it's free. If you spend say 60 minutes with this software you will be pleasantly surprised. The interface and instructions could be improved somewhat but it's FREE!
Decent at finding Duplicates, but the UI need some work. No mass-selection is possible which makes sorting through larger, partially duplicate libraries extremely painful