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Pearcleaner vs disky
Pearcleaner has 14,680 GitHub stars, 378 forks, 84 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. disky has 952 stars, 39 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Pearcleaner leads on adoption by 1,442% (14,680 vs 952 stars). Pearcleaner is written in Swift under a custom or non-standard licence; disky is written in Kotlin under GPL-3.0. Pearcleaner has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, disky 4%. Pearcleaner was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Pearcleaner | disky | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 952 |
| License | Custom / other | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Swift | Kotlin |
| Last push | 2026-06-22 | 2026-05-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 378 | ⑂ 39 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Pearcleaner if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Swift
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick disky if
- You want the disky feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Kotlin
- You evaluated both and disky fits your workflow better
About Pearcleaner
Pearcleaner is a free, source available, fair code licensed macOS application written in Swift and listed under Productivity & Utilities / System Cleanup & Optimization. It is described as a Mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and by Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post about an app cleaner script. The project's homepage is hosted at itsalin.com, and the repository states that this is the only legitimate website owned by the author.
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About disky
disky is a free, GPL 3.0 licensed Android filesystem analyzer written in Kotlin that shows you the usage of your storage, built for any Android user who wants to find the biggest space thieves on their device.
read the full disky overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pearcleaner or disky more popular?
Pearcleaner has 14,680 GitHub stars and disky has 952. Pearcleaner has the larger community by that measure.
Are Pearcleaner and disky free?
Both are open source. Pearcleaner has no licence declared in this registry, and disky is licensed under GPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Pearcleaner and disky?
Pearcleaner is written in Swift and disky in Kotlin. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Pearcleaner or disky?
Choose Pearcleaner if you want the larger community (14,680 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose disky if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.