{"id":"2079488476303773921","url":"https://x.com/thisguyknowsai/status/2079488476303773921","text":"CCleaner used to be the default way to keep a Windows machine fast.\n\nThen it got bought, stuffed with ads and bundled crapware, and in 2017 one release was compromised and shipped malware to over 2 million people. Millions still install it every month because nothing else has really replaced it.\n\nSo, a team called AdventDev just built a free, open-source replacement.\n\nIt's called Kudu. Open the app and you get one dashboard for the whole machine.\n\n> System cleaner for temp files, logs, caches, and crash dumps.\n> Browser cleaner across every major browser.\n> Gaming cleaner for launcher and shader caches.\n> Registry cleaner for broken and orphaned entries.\n> Startup manager that shows the actual boot impact of each program.\n> Disk analyzer with an interactive treemap, so you can see where 40GB quietly disappeared to.\n> Debloater that rips Windows bloatware out.\n> Program uninstaller that also removes the leftovers other uninstallers leave behind.\n\nThen it does the parts CCleaner never did.\n\nA malware scanner with signature matching, heuristic analysis, and Windows Defender integration. A privacy shield that lets you flip 30+ Windows privacy settings from one screen: telemetry, ad ID, Cortana, tracking. Secure delete that overwrites files with random data before removing them, so nothing can recover them later.\n\nThere's a real-time performance monitor with per-core CPU, memory, disk, network, and S.M.A.R.T. drive health. A one-click restore point before every clean, so you can roll back. Scheduled scans. A CLI mode for people who don't want a GUI. Support for 30 languages.\n\nNative app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Intel and Apple Silicon builds. No ads, no upsells, no telemetry, no account.\n\nThe cleaning rules are plain JSON files, so if your favorite app isn't covered yet, you can add support for it without writing a line of code.\n\nMIT license. 100% Open Source.\n\nRepo: https://github.com/AdventDevInc/kudu","author":{"name":"Brady Long","username":"thisguyknowsai","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1986942448723976192/86_UeEa0_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Tue Jul 21 08:47:42 +0000 2026","engagement":{"replies":65,"retweets":436,"likes":2415,"views":146145},"media":{"photos":[],"videos":[{"url":"https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2079488462835892224/vid/avc1/720x782/19qPTyGq4l_yatkK.mp4?tag=14","thumbnailUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2079488462835892224/img/Wpp1F7jT6btsOC1F.jpg","width":1988,"height":2160,"duration":14.066}]},"externalLink":{"url":"https://github.com/AdventDevInc/kudu","displayUrl":"github.com","title":"GitHub - AdventDevInc/kudu: Free Windows, Mac and Linux cleaner, scanner, and more.","description":"Free Windows, Mac and Linux cleaner, scanner, and more. - AdventDevInc/kudu","thumbnailUrl":"https://opengraph.githubassets.com/6df78eed61be69b7cb8012293ec5cf66b9e204a9b54b3738901b0b78e75df267/AdventDevInc/kudu"}}