Swipe to clean your files.
The Windows (and later Linux) version of DClutter, built with Tauri 2. It runs fully offline: the interface ships inside the app and every file operation happens on your machine.
DClutter opens on your Downloads folder and shows one file at a time, most actionable first, with a preview and the context to decide:
- Keep leaves it where it is.
- Stage marks it for trash. Nothing is deleted until you review the list and confirm, and then it goes to the Recycle Bin, never straight to deletion.
- Skip puts it at the end of the queue.
- File moves it into one of up to three folders you choose, right away.
- Rename renames it in place.
Every decision can be undone, including moves and renames, and the session picks up where you left off after you close the app. Previews are the ones File Explorer would show, plus the first page of every PDF.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
→ / ← |
Keep / stage for trash (hold to repeat) |
Space |
Skip |
↑ |
Open the destination shelf; then ← → to choose, Enter to file, Delete to remove a folder, Esc to close |
1–3 |
File into a destination |
↓ or F2 |
Rename |
Enter |
Open the file |
Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y |
Undo / redo |
Ctrl+Enter |
Review staged files and trash them |
Ctrl+N |
Add a destination folder |
Right-click the card to open it, show it in File Explorer, rename it or copy its name.
| Gesture | Action |
|---|---|
| Two fingers right / left | Keep / stage for trash |
| Two fingers up, slide across, let go | File into the highlighted folder |
| Drag back down | Close the shelf without filing |
| Drag the card right / left | Keep / stage, with a mouse or a finger |
If swipes run the wrong way, your touchpad is set to reverse scrolling; turn
on Reverse swipe direction in Settings (Ctrl+,).
⬇ Download the installer for Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), or the .msi if you deploy with Group Policy or another tool that wants one.
- Run DClutter_1.0.0_x64-setup.exe.
- Windows will probably say "Windows protected your PC". This is expected. Click More info, then Run anyway.
- Follow the installer. DClutter installs for your account only and needs no administrator rights.
It opens normally from then on. Uninstall it from Settings → Apps → Installed apps like any other app.
DClutter uses WebView2, which comes with Windows 11 and with an up-to-date Windows 10. On the rare PC without it, the installer fetches it once; after that, DClutter never goes online.
Why does Windows warn about it?
SmartScreen warns about any app that isn't signed with a code-signing certificate, which costs money every year, and that hasn't been downloaded often enough yet to build a reputation. This project doesn't have a certificate yet. The warning isn't a claim that something is wrong with the app.
What you can do instead of taking that on trust: the entire source is in this repository, and you can build it yourself (see Development), which skips the warning because nothing you build locally is marked as downloaded.
| Path | What's there |
|---|---|
crates/dclutter-core |
Queue scoring, duplicate and extracted-archive detection, and the triage session with undo and save/restore. Pure Rust, no Windows APIs. |
crates/dclutter-platform |
Everything that touches Windows: reading a folder (with each download's source from its Zone.Identifier stream), moving, renaming and recycling files without ever overwriting, shell and PDF previews, and saved sessions and destinations. |
src-tauri |
The desktop app shell: windows, commands, filesystem access. |
src |
The interface (SvelteKit + TypeScript). Design tokens live in src/lib/styles/tokens.css. |
fixtures |
Scoring cases shared with the macOS app. See fixtures/README.md. |
docs/dclutter-design.md |
The product and visual design spec. |
You need Node 20+, Rust (stable) and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools. WebView2 ships with Windows 10 and 11.
npm installnpm run tauri devRun the scoring tests:
cargo test -p dclutter-corePrint a folder's queue from the command line, to check scores against real files (the number is how many rows to show):
cargo run -p dclutter-platform --example rank -- "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads" 20Build the installers (.exe and .msi, in target/release/bundle):
npm run tauri build