CleanSweep — High-Performance Duplicate File Finder & Disk Cleaner
Azkkan engineered CleanSweep as a blazing-fast native Windows 11 desktop utility. By combining multi-threaded Blake3 cryptographic hashing with modern Fluent Design principles, CleanSweep identifies byte-for-byte duplicate files across millions of directories in seconds without UI latency.
Slow Single-Threaded Cleaners with Cluttered UIs
Existing disk cleaning software on Windows suffered from sluggish single-threaded MD5 checksum calculations, bundled adware/telemetry, and outdated legacy interfaces that frequently froze during deep drive scans.
- • 30+ minutes required to scan 500GB SSDs using legacy utilities.
- • Invasive background telemetry services and upsell banners.
- • Cluttered UI without dark mode or modern Windows 11 styling.
Parallelized Blake3 Tree Hashing with Fluent UI
Azkkan developed a clean, native desktop application using PyQt6, utilizing multi-threaded Blake3 cryptographic hashing across CPU cores to scan terabytes of storage with zero UI freezing.
- • Multi-threaded scanning utilizing all available logical CPU cores.
- • Smart auto-selection algorithms protecting system and hidden files.
- • 100% offline with zero external network telemetry or adware.
Engineered for Hardware Acceleration
Built following our performance engineering standards to guarantee maximum disk I/O throughput.
10x Faster Hashing Speed
Faster hashing vs legacy MD5 cleaners
Telemetry or bloatware bundled
Frequently Asked Questions: CleanSweep Utility
Why did Azkkan select the Blake3 hashing algorithm for CleanSweep?
Blake3 provides cryptographic collision resistance while operating at memory-bandwidth speeds (over 10x faster than SHA-256 and MD5) using SIMD parallelism and multi-threaded tree hashing.
How does CleanSweep prevent UI freezing during large multi-terabyte disk scans?
We offload file indexing and hashing jobs into isolated QThreadPool worker threads communicating with the main PyQt6 UI thread via asynchronous Qt signals and slots.
What tech stack powers the CleanSweep desktop application?
CleanSweep is built with Python 3.11, PyQt6 with native Windows Fluent styling (Mica/Acrylic materials), and compiled C-accelerated Blake3 hashing extensions.
Does CleanSweep collect user telemetry or require internet access?
No. CleanSweep runs 100% locally and offline with zero background telemetry, analytics, or third-party bundled software.