BleachBit

bleachbit.org
BleachBit

Clears cache and deletes temporary files very effectively. This frees up disk space, improves performance, but most importantly helps to protect privacy.

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BleachBit Source Code

Author

bleachbit

Description

BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

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Homepage

https://www.bleachbit.org

Repository

  • LicenseGPL-3.0
  • Created10 Mar 14
  • Primary languagePython
  • Size29,769 KB
  • Stars6,597
  • Forks436
  • Watchers6,597

Language Usage

Language Usage

Project Health

  • Last commit10 hours ago
  • Open issues311
  • Latest releasev6.0.2

Recent Commits

  • Hosted Weblate(17 Aug 26)

    Update translation files Updated by "Update PO files to match POT (msgmerge)" hook in Weblate. Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/

  • VenusGirl(17 Aug 26)

    Translate to (Korean) Currently translated at 83.3% (422 of 506 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/ko/

  • Andrew Ziem(17 Aug 26)

    Fix another TOCTOU in test_get_commands This builds on top of recent commit 34ab932 - Allow vanishing based also on %temp% path - Avoid writing SQLite3 journal file Fixes this error FAILED tests/TestCleaner.py::CleanerTestCase::test_get_commands - AssertionError: The file C:\Users\RUNNER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\FileUtilitiesTestCase5k7ur4er\bleachbit.tmp.sqlite3-journal should exist, but it does not.

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Fix three placeholder errors in two translations

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Add translation (.po) tests - Check NSIS ${placeholder} consistency across translations - Add 'tests' target to po/Makefile that runs msgfmt --check - Integrate po tests into main Makefile tests target This caught one error in ko.po and two errors in pt.po

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    chmod +x scripts/test_freebsd.sh

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Update translation file

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Merge branch 'dev1'

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Fix memory wipe tests on FreeBSD This lets the test pass on FreeBSD without enabling support for memory wiping on FreeBSD. - Add RuntimeError in wipe_memory() if not running on Linux - Replace @skipIfWindows with @skipUnlessLinux for memory tests that require Linux-specific functionality

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Improve UPX handling for Windows build Before, setup.py expected upx.exe in a different location than NSIS, and neither checked PATH. - Search for upx in PATH before falling back to ROOT_DIR\upx\upx.exe - Pass UPX_EXE path to NSIS via /DUPX_EXE define when UPX exists - Add error check in NSIS if packhdr is defined without UPX_EXE - Only enable packhdr in non-fast builds when UPX is available - Convert forward slashes to backslashes for NSIS compatibility

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Fix typo in variable name in Italian

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Enable faster iteration of FreeBSD tests - Add SKIP_INSTALL and TEST_TARGET - Change FreeBSD cache directory

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Bump version 6.0.2 stable to 6.0.3 beta

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Use single quotes for string literals in SQL FreeBSD interpreted double-quoted string literals as identifiers, causing multiple tests to fail.

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Fix DNF clean without root permission

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Support chardet version 6

  • Andrew Ziem(16 Aug 26)

    Add pytest-rerunfailures to retry flaky clipboard test - Install pytest-rerunfailures across all environments - Mark test_shred_paths_from_clipboard_menu_integration as flaky with 2 retries - Skip test if clipboard text remains unavailable after retries - Standardize pytest invocation across CI workflows to use --dist=loadgroup - Extend pytest.mark shim to support arbitrary mark decorators under unittest

  • Andrew Ziem(10 Aug 26)

    Add test for TOCTOU in Worker preview

  • Cirnos(14 Aug 26)

    Translate to (Portuguese (Brazil)) Currently translated at 100.0% (506 of 506 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/pt_BR/

  • Andrew Ziem(10 Aug 26)

    Fix TOCTOU error in test_get_commands Running the following script in the background helps to reproduce the error while true; do for i in $(seq 200); do mktemp /tmp/bb-race-$$-$i-XXXXXX >/dev/null && printf '.' done rm -f /tmp/bb-race-$$-* done

  • Andrew Ziem(10 Aug 26)

    Fix silent errors in TestCleaner.py Problems addressed: - When most tests were called individually, they silently failed because backends was empty - While some commands can return True, cmd.execute() in this test never returns True. - The logic for checking for True was inverted, so that validate_result() was never called. Changes: - Register cleaners in new setUpClass method. It calls an existing function that verifies that there is at least one backend. - Remove broken check for True. - Add counters as another way to guard against the original issue that loops over `backends` were a no-op.

  • Andrew Ziem(09 Aug 26)

    Fix overcleaning Chromium if installed from snap Cleaning Chromium - Cache deleted settings when Chromium was installed by snap. This was a regression caused by b5411c6c, affecting BleachBit releases 5.1.2 through 6.0.2 Reported by grrrrr Closes https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/issues/2261

  • GitHub Action(09 Aug 26)

    Update localization files Automatically extracted from ./po/*.po

  • Arif Budiman(08 Aug 26)

    Translate to (Indonesian) Currently translated at 100.0% (506 of 506 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/id/

  • GitHub Action(03 Aug 26)

    Update localization files Automatically extracted from ./po/*.po

  • Yaron Shahrabani(03 Aug 26)

    Translate to (Hebrew) Currently translated at 100.0% (506 of 506 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/he/

  • GitHub Action(02 Aug 26)

    Update localization files Automatically extracted from ./po/*.po

  • 109247019824(02 Aug 26)

    Translate to (Bulgarian) Currently translated at 100.0% (506 of 506 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/bg/

  • Andrew Ziem(01 Aug 26)

    Improve SQLite error handling and reporting - Propagate non-collation SQLite errors from Command.Function instead of silently swallowing them - Translate cryptic sqlite3 "unable to open database file" into OSError(EACCES) or FileNotFoundError - Add Worker handling for "database is locked" errors to show clean summary instead of traceback - Add related tests

  • Andrew Ziem(01 Aug 26)

    Update coverage, requests, and certifi dependencies Replaces broken dependabot PR https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/pull/2254

BleachBit Security

6.1/10

Repo Security Summary

Updated 27 Jul 26

  • Maintained10/10
  • Code-Review1/10
  • CII-Best-Practices0/10
  • PackagingN/A
  • Dangerous-Workflow10/10
  • Token-Permissions10/10
  • Binary-Artifacts8/10
  • Security-Policy0/10
  • Fuzzing0/10
  • License10/10
  • Branch-Protection3/10
  • Signed-Releases8/10
  • SAST10/10
  • Pinned-Dependencies2/10

Security Advisories (3)

  • highPatchedCVSS 7.8

    CVE-2026-55567Exploit File Delete to Escalate Privilege in BleachBit

  • highPatchedCVSS 7.3

    CVE-2025-32780DLL Untrusted Path Vulnerability in BleachBit <= 4.6.2 for Windows

  • highPatchedCVSS 7.3

    CVE-2023-47113DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability in BleachBit for Windows

BleachBit Website

Website

Clean Your System and Free Disk Space | BleachBit

BleachBit is a free, open-source disk space cleaner and privacy manager for Windows and Linux. Shred files, wipe free space, and delete junk files safely.

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Server Details

  • IP Address104.26.4.78
  • LocationSan Francisco,California,United States of America,NA
  • ISPCloudFlare Inc.
  • ASNAS13335

Associated Countries

  • USUS

Safety Score

Website marked as safe

100%

Blacklist Check

www.bleachbit.org was found on 0 blacklists

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