IridiumIO/CompactGUI
Reduce the space taken up by games and programs on disk by using native Windows APIs observed · 2026-10-17
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8.5
- age_days: 3295
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 15
Adoption not part of the score
9039 stars · 348 forks observed · 2026-10-17
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
CompactGUI is a Windows desktop application that transparently compresses games and programs using the native Windows 10+ Overlay Filter (WOF) compression algorithms, the same ones behind compact.exe. Compressed files remain fully usable, saving large amounts of disk space with virtually no performance loss.
Use cases
- reduce the disk space taken up by large games
- compress program folders without zipping them
- free up storage on a small SSD
- compress folders transparently on Windows 10/11
- shrink game install sizes like ARK from 169GB to 91GB
- GUI alternative to compact.exe
When to choose
- you are on Windows 10 or 11 and want to save disk space on games or programs
- you want files to remain directly launchable after compression
- you prefer a GUI over the compact.exe command line
When to avoid
- you need cross-platform or non-Windows compression
- you need archives that can be moved to other systems or extracted elsewhere
- you are running an OS older than Windows 10
Facets
application · maturity active
compression file-system gui files windows gaming-tools developer-tools windows dotnet transparent-compression wof-driver disk-space game-compression compact-exe wpf desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI · fetched 2026-10-17 · 925933a06dec
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| IridiumIO/CompactGUI | main | 98 |
For agents
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