dupeGuru
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.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Duplicate File Finder
- Local based GUI
- Automatic deletion of duplicate entries
- Ad-free
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- Support for Hotkeys
dupeGuru News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- DL300 reviewed dupeGuru
This dev like the Kodi devs needs to get it through his head that when the user clicks the X button, that means the application closes, NOT time for you to run all the little background tasks that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. As if that weren't bad enough, the UI is so broken that the application hangs and crashes constantly. The dark mode is unusable as the dev didn't bother to make the icons a different colour from his background colour. This is truly trash software. Do not use...
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What is dupeGuru?
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. dupeGuru runs on Mac OS X, Linux, & Windows.
dupeGuru information
Developed by
Virgil Dupras Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 3.7Alternatives
136 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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File Management, OS & Utilities, Photos & GraphicsGitHub repository
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- 522 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
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.
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.
This dev like the Kodi devs needs to get it through his head that when the user clicks the X button, that means the application closes, NOT time for you to run all the little background tasks that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. As if that weren't bad enough, the UI is so broken that the application hangs and crashes constantly. The dark mode is unusable as the dev didn't bother to make the icons a different colour from his background colour. This is truly trash software. Do not use this, it does not work.
I’ve tried more than a few duplicate file finders over the years—most were painfully slow, clunky, or limited to one-at-a-time deletions. Then I tested dupeGuru , and it’s now my default cleanup tool. Speed is where it shines. While other apps took hours to scan a single drive, dupeGuru finishes in minutes, even with fuzzy matching enabled. It doesn’t just find identical files—it intelligently detects similar filenames and, in Picture mode, even visually similar images. Didn't test the Music mode yet, but it looks promising. The interface is clean and logical: duplicates are grouped, easy to compare, Best of all, you can select and delete (or move/copy) hundreds of files in one click—something many competitors strangely lack. Safety features like reference folders and protected original detection give peace of mind.
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.
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!