Alternatives to fdupes
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. fdupes itself: install fdupes.
xdg-ninja
A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories
hcxtools
A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper
transcrypt
transparently encrypt files within a git repository
logrotate
The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of log files on a system which generates a lot of log files
bartycrouch
Localization/I18n: Incrementally update/translate your Strings files from .swift, .h, .m(m), .storyboard or .xib files
ripgrep
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
restic
Fast, secure, efficient backup program
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
dex2jar
Tools to work with android .dex and java .class files
confd
Manage local application configuration files using templates and data from etcd or consul
miniserve
🌟 For when you really just want to serve some files over HTTP right now!
rtl_433
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
Syntax Highlight
Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS 12 and later
QuickLook Video
Finder Thumbnails, Quick Look previews, Get Info metadata and previews for most types of audio and video files
tabiew
A lightweight TUI application to view and query tabular data files, such as CSV, TSV, and parquet
jclasslib bytecode viewer
jclasslib bytecode editor is a tool that visualizes all aspects of compiled Java class files and the contained bytecode
Asset Catalog Tinkerer
An app that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images
slackdump
Save or export your private and public Slack messages, threads, files, and users locally without admin privileges
bpftop
bpftop provides a dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs. It displays the average runtime, events per second, and estimated total CPU % for e
lizard-analyzer
A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages
dyff
/ˈdʏf/ - diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON
jpegoptim
jpegoptim - utility to optimize/compress JPEG files
matlab2tikz
This program converts MATLAB®/Octave figures to TikZ/pgfplots figures for smooth integration into LaTeX
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than fdupes — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
fdupes is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.