BleachBit
bleachbit.org
Clears cache and deletes temporary files very effectively. This frees up disk space, improves performance, but most importantly helps to protect privacy.
- Homepage:bleachbit.org
- GitHub:github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit
- Web info:web-check.xyz/check/bleachbit.org
BleachBit Source Code
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Description
BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux
Homepage
https://www.bleachbit.orgRepository
- LicenseGPL-3.0
- Created10 Mar 14
- Primary languagePython
- Size31,677 KB
- Stars6,784
- Forks450
- Watchers6,784
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Recent Commits
Update localization files Automatically extracted from ./po/*.po
Translate to (Russian) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/ru/
Translate to (Russian) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/ru/
Merge pull request #2314 from XhmikosR/xmr/simplify This is a large commit with a variety of fixes, including dead code removal, refactoring, DRY coding, and performance improvements. Notable performance changes: - Lazy import for xml.dom.minidom - Skip requests module at startup - Single combined keep-list regex - Host MENU_DIRS to module constant - Single locale scan in GuiPreferences Behavior changes: - If a cleaner mixed deep scan with otheractions, then some actions could be hidden. - Fix escaping characters if home path contained regex meta characters. - Checking on startup changed from broken imports to missing imports. The latter is faster, while the former would catch broken modules (e.g., missing C extension).
Escape the home directory in the keep list regexes
Priit Jõerüüt(02 Sept 26)
Translate to (Estonian) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/et/
Translate to (Irish) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/ga/
Pin-Hsien Lee(02 Sept 26)
Translate to (Chinese (Traditional Han script)) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/zh_Hant/
Translate to (Portuguese (Brazil)) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/pt_BR/
Translate to (Dutch) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/nl/
Translate to (Italian) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/it/
Translate to (German) Currently translated at 100.0% (513 of 513 strings) Translation: BleachBit/main Translate-URL: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/bleachbit/main/de/
Reuse children_in_directory in the Windows build size helper
Scan the locale directory once per preferences dialog
Add Cleaner.has_action_key instead of reaching into cleaner.actions
Do not let an action without a deep scan hide later deep scans
Drop the unreachable locale removal in clean_dist_locale
Move unset_sslkeylogfile to General so startup skips requests
Deduplicate repeated helpers across Unix, General, GUI and cleaner listing
Simplify delayed ops, snapd cache, auto_hide and the custom action providers
Fix copy-pasted docstring on MozillaFavicons
Avoid per-call work in System.get_commands and the keep list
Keep heavy imports off the startup path
Extract sanitize_surrogates instead of repeating the encode code
Reuse ARCH_BITS and SPLASH_ICON_SIZE_PX instead of recomputing them
Remove dead code and a shadowed logger
Deduplicate the Options path setters and the Ini/Json commands
Simplify redundant conditionals and manual counters
Remove dead Python 2 era compat shims
Pass explicitly run_number through env https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/security/secure-use#use-an-intermediate-environment-variable
BleachBit Security
Security Advisories (4)
- highPatchedCVSS 7.3
GHSA-q5ww-c3j6-8j23Drop malicious cleaner at %APPDATA%\BleachBit\cleaners\ cause Remote Code Execution
- 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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Does not redirect
Security Checks
All 65 security checks passed
Server Details
- IP Address104.26.4.78
- LocationSan Francisco,California,United States of America,NA
- ISPCloudFlare Inc.
- ASNAS13335
Associated Countries
US
Safety Score
Website marked as safe
100%
Blacklist Check
www.bleachbit.org was found on 0 blacklists
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Change History
- Amended (github) #608
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