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Sweeper vs Spruce: catalog facts
Sweeper	Spruce
Free Free and open source under the LGPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Linux	Linux
Simple checklist of traces to remove Regular releases with KDE Gear	Removes unused Flatpak runtimes as well as caches and logs Native GTK and Adwaita interface
Limited scope compared with full system cleaners Best suited to KDE Plasma desktops	Linux only Small project with a single main developer
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1-or-later	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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