🧹 CleanSweep – A Disk Cleanup App Built with Tauri, Rust, and React

CleanSweep is a lightweight and blazing-fast macOS desktop app built with Tauri, leveraging a Rust backend and a React + TailwindCSS frontend.

Related article 👉 Develop a Desktop App with Tauri: Scan & Clean Your Disk, this project demonstrates how to build a native-like experience using modern web technologies and system-level performance.

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🚀 Features

• 📂 Select a folder or disk to scan
• 📊 Analyze disk usage: total size, largest & oldest files
• 🗑️ Move selected files safely to trash
• 💨 Super fast performance with native Rust backend
• 💅 Sleek, responsive UI with React + TailwindCSS

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Rust (Tauri backend)
• React + TypeScript (frontend)
• TailwindCSS (styling)
• Tauri for building a secure and lightweight desktop application

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🖥️ Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Rust
• Node.js + npm
• Tauri prerequisites

Check with:

cargo -V
npm -v

Create & Run the App

npm create tauri-app
cd tauri-app
npm install
npm run tauri dev

On first run, Tauri will compile Rust dependencies – this might take a bit.

Project Structure

Path	Description
src/	Frontend React application
src-tauri/	Tauri-specific Rust backend
src-tauri/src/lib.rs	Core logic for scanning folders and trashing files
src/components/	UI components like PathSelector, CleanupSuggestions
package.json	Frontend dependencies and scripts
Cargo.toml	Rust dependencies and build settings
tauri.conf.json	Tauri app configuration

Ideas for Extension

• Scan multiple folders
• Add file type filters (e.g., only show .mp4, .zip, etc.)
• Show file previews or icons
• Add native notifications after cleanup

📚 Learn More

• Tauri Documentation
• Rust Lang Book
• TailwindCSS Docs

✍️ Author

Created by @pguso

📖 Read the Full Article

👉 Develop a Desktop App with Tauri: Scan & Clean Your Disk

📃 License

MIT