[Feature Request] Duplicate File Finder & Cleaner

[marticanyelles]

I would love to see Vorssaint include a Duplicate File Finder, replacing the need for a separate application dedicated to finding and cleaning duplicate files.

This seems like a particularly good fit for an all-in-one macOS utility because duplicate files are one of the most common causes of unnecessary disk usage.

Core functionality

Allow users to scan selected folders, volumes, or the entire Mac for duplicate files.

The scanner should identify duplicates using file content, rather than relying only on filenames.

For example:

Documents/
├── report.pdf
├── report copy.pdf
└── report (1).pdf

If all three files have identical contents, Vorssaint should identify them as duplicates.

Detection methods

Ideally support several levels of comparison:

• File size
• Filename
• Partial hash
• Full cryptographic hash
• Byte-by-byte comparison when necessary

The full hash/content comparison should ultimately determine whether two files are actually identical.

Results interface

After scanning, show groups of duplicates:

3 duplicate files · 24.8 MB

report.pdf
~/Documents/report.pdf
24.8 MB
Modified: Aug 31
report copy.pdf
~/Downloads/report copy.pdf
24.8 MB
Modified: Aug 28
report (1).pdf
~/Desktop/report (1).pdf
24.8 MB
Modified: Aug 15

Then allow the user to select which copy to keep.

Smart selection

Provide optional rules such as:

• Keep the newest
• Keep the oldest
• Keep the file in a preferred folder
• Keep the file with the shortest path
• Keep the file with the most recent modification date
• Keep files inside protected/system locations untouched

But never automatically delete files without explicit confirmation.

Similar-but-not-identical files

A useful advanced feature would be detecting files that are very similar but not byte-identical.

For example:

photo.jpg
photo-edited.jpg
photo-final.jpg

These should not be classified as exact duplicates.

Instead, they could appear under:

Similar files

with a visual comparison.

This could be especially useful for:

• Photos
• Screenshots
• PDFs
• Videos
• Documents

But exact duplicates should remain clearly separated from similar files.

Storage insights

The results could also show:

Potential space recovery

18.4 GB

Broken down by:

• Documents
• Images
• Videos
• Downloads
• Applications
• Other

This would make the feature useful as a general storage-cleanup tool.

Goal

The goal isn’t simply:

“Find files with the same name.”

It should be:

Safely identify redundant files, explain why they are duplicates, and help the user recover storage without accidentally deleting important data.

Having this integrated into Vorssaint would eliminate the need for another standalone duplicate-file utility.