czkawka
brew install czkawka
v11.0.1
MIT AND CC-BY-4.0
Duplicate file utility
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Runtime dependencies
adwaita-icon-theme
cairo
dav1d
ffmpeg
gdk-pixbuf
glib
gtk4
libheif
librsvg
pango
pkgconf
webp-pixbuf-loader
gettext
graphene
harfbuzz
Build dependencies
GitHub topics
cleaner
duplicates
multiplatform
optimization
optimizer
rust
similar-images
similar-music
similar-videos
Links
- https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka
- GitHub: qarmin/czkawka
- Brew formula source: Formula/c/czkawka.rb
Caveats
czkawka_gui requires $XDG_DATA_DIRS to contain "$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share".
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