Wiper - Disk cleanup tool

Wiper is a handy command-line tool made with Rust. It's perfect for anyone looking to quickly spot which folders are eating up all the disk space. Super easy to use, it gives you a clear visual breakdown of directory sizes, so you can clean things up without a hassle.

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Features

• Fast and Efficient: Quickly scans directories and subdirectories to provide size metrics.
• Cross-Platform: Works on Linux, Windows, and macOS.
• User-Friendly Output: Displays results in an easily understandable format.

Usage

Run in current dir

wiper

Run in specific dir

wiper [PATH]

Keybindings

• jk/↓↑ - Navigate up/down
• l/→/Enter - Navigate into folder
• h/←/Backspace - Navigate to parent
• d - Delete file/folder. First hit - selects entry. Second hit - confirms deletion.
• s - Toggle sorting (Title / Size)
• c - Toggle coloring. When enabled - shows space usage with gradient
• t - Toggle trash. When enabled - removed content goes to Trash bin.
• q - Quit

Installation

MacOS

Homebrew

brew tap ikebastuz/wiper
brew install wiper

Linux

AUR

paru -S wiper

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/ikebastuz/wiper.git
cd wiper
cargo build --release

Contributing

If you have any suggestions, improvements, or bug fixes, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Why not dua-cli?

I started this project as part of my journey to learn Rust. I always missed having such a tool but had never heard of dua-cli. From my understanding, there are some differences:

Pros:

• Wiper allows navigating to the parent directory at any time
• Supports opening files with the default system app
• Simpler deletion flow

Cons:

• It is 10-15 times slower because of manually implemented file traversal. Not anymore, rewritten with jwalk.
• Does not have filtering functionality
• Not capable of marking multiple entries for deletion

Subjective:

• The UI is more "elegant" :)
• Shows a "full" space-taken bar for the largest entry. So there will always be at least one entry with a full bar. If dua-cli has two large entries of similar size, they will be shown as approximately 50% bars.