CleanMyLinux

CleanMyLinux is a premium system maintenance and application management tool designed specifically for Linux desktop environments. It provides a beautiful, unified, and safe way to keep your Linux system clean, fast, and up to date.

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Supported Distributions

CleanMyLinux is natively compiled and supports the following Linux distributions. Due to modern C library dependencies (GLIBC baseline), older system versions are not supported.

Distribution	Minimum Supported Version
Ubuntu	22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) or newer
Debian	12 (Bookworm) or newer
Fedora	40 or newer
Arch Linux	latest (Not tested yet)
Linux Mint	21 or newer
Pop!_OS	22.04 LTS or newer
Zorin OS	17 or newer
Parrot OS	6 or newer
Elementary OS	7 (Horus) or newer

Warning

GLIBC Version Constraint: If your distribution has a GLIBC version older than 2.39 (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11, CentOS 8), the pre-compiled binary will fail to launch. For older platforms, we recommend compiling the application directly from source (see Build and Run below).

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Key Features

Safe Application Uninstaller

Traditional package managers list thousands of complex system libraries and drivers. CleanMyLinux uses intelligent filtering to show you only the actual software applications you use.

• Automatic Protection: Critical system utilities, configurations, and core services are automatically hidden and locked to prevent accidental system damage.
• Usage Tracking: See exactly which applications you haven't opened in months to easily reclaim storage space.

Universal Updates

Keep your entire system up to date with a single click. CleanMyLinux manages updates across all popular packaging formats:

• Native Packages: Support for Debian/Ubuntu (APT), Arch Linux (Pacman), and Fedora/Red Hat (DNF).
• Sandboxed Containers: Full tracking for modern containerized applications via Flatpak and Snap.

Uncompromising Security

CleanMyLinux is designed to keep your system safe. The main graphical interface runs entirely as a standard unprivileged user. Whenever administrative tasks are required (such as removing a native package), the app requests secure, localized system authentication via PolicyKit.

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Build and Run

Development Prerequisites

Ensure your build environment has Rust, Bun (or Node.js), and system GTK development headers:

• Arch Linux: sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1 gtk3 base-devel
• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev build-essential curl libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev
• Fedora: sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1-devel gtk3-devel && sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

Execution Commands

1. Initialize JS Dependencies:

   bun install

2. Launch Live Development Server:

   bun run tauri dev

3. Compile Production Release:

   bun run tauri build

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Technical Architecture

For developers, contributors, and systems engineers interested in the mathematical details, machine learning weights, and security models powering the application, please refer to the Technical Architecture Specification.

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Project Roadmap

• Phase 1: Foundation (Completed)
  • Project scaffolding (Tauri v2 + React + TypeScript).
  • Dashboard navigation layouts, sidebars, and dark/light theming.
• Phase 2: App Management (Completed)
  • Application discovery across native systems (apt/dnf/pacman), Flatpaks, and Snaps.
  • Per-application disk usage analysis (binary size + local caches + configurations).
  • Complete uninstallation (package removal and cleanup of residual configuration traces).
  • App resetting (erasing local cache/config footprint while keeping the program installed).
• Phase 3: System Junk Cleaner (Current Focus)
  • Scan and safely remove system package manager caches (apt, dnf, pacman).
  • Identify and clear user cache folders (~/.cache/*), old system logs, and temporary files.
  • Manage system trash bins and unused container runtimes (flatpak uninstall --unused).
• Phase 4: Disk Analysis
  • Large & Old File Finder (scanning directories for files over threshold size and age limits).
  • Space Lens interactive treemap disk usage visualizer.
  • Duplicate file detection engine.
• Phase 5: System Tools & Distribution
  • Startup Manager (managing systemd user services and XDG autostart entries).
  • Real-time system health and resource consumption monitors.
  • Cross-distribution package generation (.deb, .rpm, .AppImage, Flatpak).

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It's time to evolve Linux.

Crafted with passion by the Better Linux Community.