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sahib/rmlint

Extremely fast tool to remove duplicates and other lint from your filesystem observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sahib/rmlint · homepage · C · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5819
  • days_rel: 529
  • days_push: 12
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2412 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

rmlint is an extremely fast command-line tool written in C that finds duplicate files and directories, broken symlinks, empty files, nonstripped binaries, and other filesystem lint. It offers many output formats, caching/replay, and BTRFS support to help remove space waste.

Use cases

  • find and remove duplicate files on my disk
  • free up disk space by deduplicating files
  • find broken symlinks and empty directories
  • fdupes alternative that is faster
  • detect duplicate directories in a filesystem
  • clean up filesystem lint like broken ownership

When to choose

  • you need a very fast, scriptable duplicate finder on Linux
  • you want non-interactive cleanup with many output formats
  • you need BTRFS-aware deduplication

When to avoid

  • you need an interactive GUI duplicate cleaner
  • you primarily work on Windows
  • you want automatic deletion without reviewing generated scripts

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

file-system cli developer-tools files developer-tools bsd cli cross-platform duplicate-finder deduplication disk-cleanup fdupes-alternative btrfs command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
sahib/rmlintmain67

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