https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit

BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux
https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit

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BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit
• Owner: bleachbit
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2014-03-10T01:40:31.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-12T21:03:54.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-12T22:22:54.077Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: antiforensics, bleachbit, disk-cleaner, gplv3, gtk, linux, privacy, python, security, windows
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://www.bleachbit.org
• Size: 14.1 MB
• Stars: 3,465
• Watchers: 60
• Forks: 281
• Open Issues: 284
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING

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README

          
# BleachBit

BleachBit cleans files to free disk space and to maintain privacy.

## Running from source

To run BleachBit without installation, unpack the tarball and then run these

commands:

    make -C po local # build translations

    python3 bleachbit.py

Then, review the preferences.

Then, select some options, and click Preview.  Review the files, toggle options accordingly, and click Delete.

For information regarding the command line interface, run:

     python3 bleachbit.py --help

Read more about [running from source](https://docs.bleachbit.org/dev/running-from-source-code.html).

## Links

* [BleachBit home page](https://www.bleachbit.org)

* [Support](https://www.bleachbit.org/help)

* [Documentation](https://docs.bleachbit.org)

## Localization

Read [translation documentation](https://www.bleachbit.org/contribute/translate) or translate now in [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/), a web-based translation platform.



      



## Licenses

BleachBit itself, including source code and cleaner definitions, is licensed under the [GNU General Public License version 3](COPYING), or at your option, any later version.

markovify is licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/jsvine/markovify/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).

## Development

* [BleachBit on AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/az0/bleachbit)  ![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/7p8amofd7rv7n268?svg=true)

* [CleanerML Repository](https://github.com/bleachbit/cleanerml)

* [BleachBit Miscellaneous Repository](https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit-misc)

* [Winapp2.ini Repository](https://github.com/bleachbit/winapp2.ini)

### Docker-based Linux builds

The `docker/build.sh` script sets up a container, runs `make tests`,

and builds packages for a selected distribution. Usage:

```

./docker/build.sh  # distro is one of {debian, fedora, opensuse}

```

Artifacts are copied to `./docker-artifacts/` on the host.