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Pearcleaner vs parallel-disk-usage
Pearcleaner has 14,702 GitHub stars, 379 forks, 84 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. parallel-disk-usage has 731 stars, 25 forks, 21 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Pearcleaner leads on adoption by 1,911% (14,702 vs 731 stars). Pearcleaner is written in Swift under a custom or non-standard licence; parallel-disk-usage is written in Rust under Apache-2.0. Pearcleaner has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, parallel-disk-usage 3%. parallel-disk-usage 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 | parallel-disk-usage | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 731 |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Swift | Rust |
| Last push | 2026-06-22 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 379 | ⑂ 25 |
| 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 parallel-disk-usage if
- You want the parallel-disk-usage feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Rust
- You evaluated both and parallel-disk-usage 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.
read the full Pearcleaner overview →
About parallel-disk-usage
parallel disk usage (pdu) is a highly parallelized directory tree analyzer written in Rust that renders a graphical chart of file and directory sizes directly in the terminal, and it is aimed at developers and system administrators who need to find out where disk space has gone without leaving the command line.
read the full parallel-disk-usage overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Pearcleaner or parallel-disk-usage more popular?
Pearcleaner has 14,702 GitHub stars and parallel-disk-usage has 731. Pearcleaner has the larger community by that measure.
Are Pearcleaner and parallel-disk-usage free?
Both are open source. Pearcleaner has no licence declared in this registry, and parallel-disk-usage is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Pearcleaner and parallel-disk-usage?
Pearcleaner is written in Swift and parallel-disk-usage in Rust. 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 parallel-disk-usage?
Choose Pearcleaner if you want the larger community (14,702 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose parallel-disk-usage if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.