ZDriveClean is a desktop application that lets you see exactly where your disk space is going — and do something about it. Scan any folder or drive, explore your filesystem through five interactive visualizations, and safely reclaim space by moving files to the system Trash (always recoverable).

Unlike command-line tools, ZDriveClean is designed to be immediately understandable. Unlike bloated system utilities, it starts fast, stays out of your way, and never permanently deletes anything without your confirmation.

• Click the red mark button on any file or folder in any view to add it to the cleanup queue
• The queue dock at the bottom tracks a running total of selected items and bytes
• Review & Clean opens a modal with per-item checkboxes, search bar, bulk select/deselect, and a total size count
• Clicking Trash moves everything to the OS Trash (~/.local/share/Trash) — nothing is permanently deleted until you choose to empty the Trash
• After every cleanup the app automatically rescans so all views reflect the updated state immediately

ZDriveClean analyzes your scan and surfaces known-safe cleanup categories in a persistent right-hand sidebar:

• Browser & app caches — Firefox, Chrome, Discord, Slack, and more detected under ~/.cache
• Temp files & leftovers — /tmp, old .deb / .AppImage installers left in ~/Downloads
• Dev build artifacts — node_modules, target, .next, dist, __pycache__, .gradle, .turbo and a dozen more
• Large + old files — files over 100 MB that haven't been touched in over a year
• Duplicate files — on-demand blake3 content hashing that groups byte-identical copies and shows reclaimable bytes per group

Each category carries a safety label (safe or review) and an Add all to queue button.

The Apps tab detects installed software from every major package manager on Linux:

Source filter chips, live search, and proportional size bars make it easy to spot the heaviest packages at a glance.

• Parallel filesystem walk powered by jwalk — scans a large drive in seconds, not minutes
• In-memory tree held in Rust; the frontend lazily fetches subtrees on demand — no multi-GB JSON serialization
• Virtualized lists via @tanstack/react-virtual — 100 000-entry lists scroll at 60 fps
• Canvas rendering for treemap and sunburst — no SVG DOM overhead, smooth at any tree size
• Module-level view cache — switching between the five tabs is instant after the first load per path

• Reveal in file manager — every row in every list view has a hover button that calls xdg-open on the containing folder; treemap and sunburst tooltips have a link too
• Rescan button in the top bar re-scans the same folder without returning to the drive picker
• Cancel during scan — stop a runaway scan without killing the app
• Persistent queue — your marks survive a restart (saved as JSON in the app data directory)
• Search in Browser, Largest Files, Apps, and the Cleanup Queue modal
• Tilde expansion — type ~/Downloads in the custom path box and it resolves correctly
• Error state for invalid or inaccessible paths — shows the exact error and a Go Back button
• No right-click context menu — clean, intentional desktop-app feel

The easiest way to install ZDriveClean is to grab a pre-built binary from the website:

https://zsync.eu/zdriveclean/

Packages available: .deb (Debian/Ubuntu), .rpm (Fedora/RHEL), .AppImage (universal).

• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Node.js ≥ 18
• pnpm — npm install -g pnpm
• Tauri system dependencies for your distro — follow the Tauri prerequisites guide

git clone https://github.com/TheHolyOneZ/ZDriveClean.git
cd ZDriveClean

pnpm install
pnpm tauri build

The compiled binary and installable bundles (.deb, .rpm, .AppImage) appear in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

pnpm tauri dev

Hot-reload for the React frontend is active; Rust changes trigger a full recompile.

1. Launch — the drive picker lists your mounted volumes with used/free gauges. Click a drive, or type any custom path (tilde is supported) and press Scan.
2. Explore — switch between the five views using the tab bar at the top. Use the breadcrumb trail to navigate into subdirectories.
3. Mark for cleanup — click the red button on any file or folder you want to remove. Marked items turn red across all views.
4. Review — the dock at the bottom shows your running total. Click Review & Clean to inspect the full list, use checkboxes to adjust, and confirm your selection.
5. Trash — confirm once. Files are moved to the OS Trash. Nothing is permanently gone until you empty the Trash yourself.
6. Rescan — the app rescans automatically after every cleanup. Click the Rescan button in the toolbar any time to manually refresh.

ZDriveClean is free software released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
You are free to use, study, modify, and distribute it — see LICENSE for the full terms.