Zcleaner

A lightweight, configurable directory cleaning utility for Linux systems

About

Zcleaner is a command-line utility that helps you maintain a clean filesystem by automatically removing unnecessary files from specified directories. With built-in safeguards and detailed statistics, it's designed to be both powerful and safe for regular use.

Features

• Clean multiple directories in a single operation
• Detailed cleaning statistics (before/after size, freed space)
• Home directory usage tracking
• Protection against critical system directories
• Configuration management via CLI
• Path expansion support (~ for home directory)

Installation

Prerequisites

• gcc compiler
• make (build system)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/xidruk/zcleaner.git
cd zcleaner
make

Usage

Clean cache directories

run :

./zclean

Add new cache directories to the conf list

run :

./zclean --add "path"

Drop directory from the conf list

run :

./zcleaner --drop "path"