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Czkawka	Remove Empty Directories
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence, with no advertising.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL 3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android	Windows
Finds duplicates, similar images, similar videos and similar music Written in Rust and multithreaded, with caching for repeat scans	Recursive search for empty folders Shows results for review before deleting
The Czkawka GTK interface ends at 12.0; new work goes to Krokiet Similar-image matching produces false positives you must review	Windows only Had a long maintenance pause; the RED+ fork has more recent releases
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: LGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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