Find Duplicate And Visually Similar Media Before Cleanup With Czkawka

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name: "Find duplicate and visually similar media before cleanup with Czkawka"
slug: "find-duplicate-and-visually-similar-media-before-cleanup-with-czkawka"
description: "Scan local archives for duplicate files, similar images, similar videos, empties, and related cleanup targets before deleting or reorganizing them."
github_stars: 30600
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka"
author: "qarmin"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Image & Creative Automation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "qarmin/czkawka"
  github_stars: 30600
---

# Find duplicate and visually similar media before cleanup with Czkawka

Scan local archives for duplicate files, similar images, similar videos, empties, and related cleanup targets before deleting or reorganizing them.

## Prerequisites

Czkawka CLI or GUI, local filesystem access

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- | Language | Rust | Rust | Rust | Python | Python/Obj-C | Python |
- **Python** - https://pypi.org/project/czkawka/

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Easy to run, easy to compile** - minimal runtime and build dependencies, portable version available
- Each tool uses different technologies, so you can find instructions for each of them in the appropriate file:
- [Krokiet GUI (Slint frontend)](krokiet/README.md)</br>

- Source: https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qarmin/czkawka/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/find-duplicate-and-visually-similar-media-before-cleanup-with-czkawka/)