Diskaroo vs dupeGuru — honest comparison

Looking for a dupeGuru alternative? Here's an honest Diskaroo vs dupeGuru comparison. Diskaroo finds exact duplicate files inside a map of your whole disk, so you see what's taking space and clear it in one app, on Mac, Windows and Linux. It's free with a Bravely Account, it updates itself, and it's notarized for the Mac and code-signed for Windows. dupeGuru's latest release, 4.3.1, is from July 2022. If you want open-source software or fuzzy matching for similar pictures and file names, dupeGuru is built for that job.

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Diskaroo vs dupeGuru at a glance

At a glance	Diskaroo	dupeGuru
Entry price	Free (Diskaroo Pro, with a free Bravely Account)	Free
Next plan up	Free: no card, no subscription	Free
Lifetime license	Free for life (Mac + Windows + Linux)	Free (open source, GPL-3.0)
Platforms	Mac, Windows, Linux	Mac, Windows, Linux

Where Diskaroo and dupeGuru each win

Pick Diskaroo if

Duplicates inside a map of your whole disk: a treemap or a sunburst you click to go inside and a list of the largest items, so you clear big files as well as copies in one app. dupeGuru finds duplicates only.
Updated in September 2026 on Mac, Windows and Linux, and it installs updates from inside the app. dupeGuru's latest release, 4.3.1, is from July 2022.
Opens on a current Mac without an override: Diskaroo is notarized. dupeGuru 4.3.1 for macOS isn't notarized, so macOS blocks it until you allow it in System Settings. On Windows, Diskaroo's installer is code-signed and dupeGuru's isn't.
A Collector for everything else you want gone: add files as you browse, review the batch, then move it to the Trash (the Recycle Bin on Windows), with a running total of the space you've won back.

Pick dupeGuru if

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license, with no account to sign in to.
Fuzzy matching: it finds similar file names, and its Picture mode finds images that are similar but not identical.
A Music mode that matches songs by their tags and shows music details in the results.
Reference folders: mark a folder as reference and dupeGuru won't delete the duplicates found in it. It can also move or copy duplicates instead of deleting them, and scan for duplicate folders.
Runs on older systems too: macOS 10.12 and later, and 32-bit Windows.

Diskaroo vs dupeGuru, feature by feature

Verified 2026-09-26. Source linked at the bottom.

Feature	Diskaroo	dupeGuru
Price	Free (with a Bravely Account)	Free, open source (GPL-3.0)
Account needed	Yes (a free Bravely Account)	No
Disk-usage map	Yes: treemap, sunburst and a largest-items list	No (duplicates only)
Exact duplicates by content	Yes (SHA-256, in what you scanned)	Yes (Contents scan)
Similar file names / similar pictures	No	Yes (fuzzy filename scan, Picture mode)
Music mode (match by tags)	No	Yes
Duplicate folders	No	Yes (Folders scan)
Protected reference folders	No	Yes
What happens to the extras	Trash or Recycle Bin, one copy of each kept	Trash by default; or delete directly, move, copy, or replace with links. A group's reference file can't be marked.
Clear big files too (Collector)	Yes	No (duplicates only)
Latest release	September 2026, with in-app updates	4.3.1, July 2022
Runs on	macOS 14 or later (Apple silicon or Intel); Windows 10 or 11 (x64); 64-bit (x64) Linux with GTK 4	macOS 10.12 or later; 64- or 32-bit Windows; Linux (.deb, .rpm or source)
macOS build	Notarized (macOS 14 and later)	Developer ID, not notarized (macOS 10.12 and later)
Windows installer	Code-signed (64-bit)	Not code-signed (64-bit and 32-bit)
Linux	Yes (.deb and AppImage, x64)	Yes (.deb, .rpm and source)
System / junk cleaning	No	No
Support	From Bravely Studios, with an in-app diagnostic report	An open-source project on GitHub

Diskaroo on Linux and Windows: what we ran, and when

Screenshots and measurements from our own machines, 2026-09-27. A generated test folder: 100,000 files in 3,698 folders, 17.45 GB, with 250 planted sets of duplicate files. It holds no one's real files, and the same seed builds the same folder on Windows and Linux.

Linux · measured 2026-09-27

250 of 250

Planted duplicate sets Diskaroo found in the test folder on Linux.

All 250 sets, 539.49 MB reclaimable: the same 539,494,530 bytes, in decimal units.

Build: Diskaroo 0.8.3
System: Linux with the Cinnamon desktop (kernel 6.14)
Machine: a desktop PC with an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Disk: TEAM TM8FP6512G 512 GB NVMe SSD (ext4)

How to repeat it

Scan the test folder.
Open Duplicates and wait for the search to finish.
Compare the set count and the reclaimable total with the folder's manifest: 250 sets, 539,494,530 bytes.

Diskaroo's duplicate finder on Linux listing sets of three identical photos with their full paths, 250 duplicate sets and 539.49 MB reclaimable — Duplicates on Linux: 250 sets and 539.49 MB reclaimable, every planted set.Diskaroo 0.8.3 on Linux with the Cinnamon desktop (kernel 6.14), 2026-09-27

Diskaroo's duplicate finder on Windows 11 listing groups of three identical photos, 250 groups with 514.5 MB recoverable, each group with its own Trash button — Duplicates on Windows: 250 groups and 514.5 MB recoverable, exactly what was planted.Diskaroo 2.7.5 on Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (build 26200), 2026-09-27

Diskaroo vs dupeGuru FAQs

Is dupeGuru free?

Yes. dupeGuru is free and open source (GPL-3.0) on Mac, Windows and Linux. Diskaroo is free too: sign in with a free Bravely Account, map your first folder, then claim Diskaroo Pro in the app, free, for life.

Is dupeGuru still updated?

Its latest release is 4.3.1, from July 2022. Changes still land in its GitHub repository, most recently in September 2026, but no newer build has shipped. Diskaroo shipped updates in September 2026 and installs them from inside the app.

What does Diskaroo add over dupeGuru?

A map of your whole disk around the duplicate finder: a treemap, a sunburst and a list of the largest items, plus a Collector for clearing big files. It's notarized for the Mac, code-signed for Windows, and updates itself.

Does dupeGuru run on Linux?

Yes. dupeGuru has .deb and .rpm packages. Diskaroo runs on Linux too, as a .deb or an AppImage (x64), and one free Bravely Account covers Mac, Windows and Linux.

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