kondo
| Crates.io | kondo |
| lib.rs | kondo |
| version | 0.9.0 |
| created_at | 2020-01-27 03:54:04.075842+00 |
| updated_at | 2026-01-23 05:16:17.767623+00 |
| description | kondo is a filesystem cleaning tool that recursively searches directories for known project structures and determines how much space you could save by deleting the unnecessary files. |
| homepage | https://github.com/tbillington/kondo |
| repository | https://github.com/tbillington/kondo |
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Trent (tbillington)
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README
Kondo 🧹
Cleans node_modules, target, build, and friends from your projects.
Excellent if
- 💾 You want to back up your code but don't want to include GBs of dependencies
- 🧑🎨 You try out lots of projects but hate how much space they occupy
- ⚡️ You like keeping your disks lean and zippy
20+ Supported Project Types
Cargo (Rust), CMake (C, C++), Composer (PHP), Elixir, Godot 4.x (C#, GDScript)
Gradle (Java) Jupyter Notebook (Python), Pixi (Python), Maven (Java), Node (JavaScript)
Pub (Dart), Python SBT (Scala), Stack (Haskell), Cabal (Haskell), Swift
Unity (C#), Unreal Engine (C++), Zig, .NET (C#, F#) Turborepo (JavaScript)
CLI Video
GUI Video
Installation
Warning
Kondo is essentially
rm -rfwith a prompt. Use at your own discretion. Always have a backup of your projects.
Command Line
winget
winget install kondo
Homebrew
brew install kondo
MacPorts
sudo port install kondo
Arch Linux
pacman -S kondo
Source
Requires Rust.
git clone https://github.com/tbillington/kondo.git
cargo install --path kondo/kondo
Others
Binaries available on the releases page.
Graphic User Interface
Windows
winget install kondo-ui
Arch Linux
pacman -S kondo-ui
Source
Requires rust. You may need platform specific dependencies on linux.
git clone https://github.com/tbillington/kondo.git
cargo install --path kondo/kondo-ui
Binaries available on the releases page.
Usage
Warning
Kondo is essentially
rm -rfwith a prompt. Use at your own discretion. Always have a backup of your projects.
Command Line Interface
Running kondo without a directory specified will run in the current directory.
kondo
Supplying a path will tell kondo where to start. Multiple paths are supported.
kondo code/my_project code/my_project_2
Passing a time will filter projects to those that haven't been modified for at least the specified period. See kondo --help for the full list of options.
kondo --older 3M # only projects with last modified greater than 3 months
kondo -o3M # shorthand
More options such as quiet mode, following symlinks, and filesystem restriction are viewable with kondo --help.
Building/Development
To build the cli kondo you can run cargo build and cargo run from the projects root directory.
To build the gui kondo-ui you must first navigate into the kondo-ui directory, then you can run cargo build and cargo run.
The output binaries will be located in target/debug/ or target/release/ per Cargo defaults.