# Install fclones with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Efficient Duplicate File Finder. Version 0.35.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:fclones ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install fclones ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install fclones ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fclones/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add fclones ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fclones from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#fclones ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fc/fclones/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S fclones ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: fclones from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install fclones ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fclones from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/fclones ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fclones.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:fclones - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.35.0 - **Source summary:** Efficient Duplicate File Finder - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - fclones (cli) - fclones (alias) ## Build dependencies - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.35.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - Upstream latest detected: v0.35.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage fclones is a Rust command-line duplicate-file finder and remover aimed at large local filesystems, where speed, safe review before deletion, and scriptable output matter. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created in June 2020, and its README describes the project as the command-line fclones tool plus core libraries, with a separate desktop frontend in fclones-gui. The early public tags start at 0.1.0 in June 2020, and later releases kept the same package identity while expanding the duplicate-finding and deduplication workflow. The project was written in Rust with explicit attention to modern storage behavior: parallel directory scanning, device-aware access strategy, path-prefix compression for very large file sets, page-cache-friendly scanning on Linux, multiple hash choices, and optional persistent hash caching. ### Adoption history The upstream README documents official installation through the Snap Store, Homebrew on macOS and Linux, release artifacts attached to GitHub releases, and cargo install. It also points to third-party Arch Linux, Alpine Linux, and NixOS packages, which fits fclones into the package-manager ecosystem around Rust CLI replacements for older Unix utilities. The supplied package metadata shows fclones present across Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Alpine, Scoop, and openSUSE-style packaging, reflecting adoption beyond a single operating system even though the README says it works best on Linux. ### How it is used The normal workflow is deliberately two-stage: run `fclones group` to produce a report, inspect or edit that report, then pipe it into `fclones remove`, `fclones move`, `fclones link`, or `fclones dedupe`. The README emphasizes `--dry-run`, JSON/CSV output, fdupes-compatible output, and integration with Unix tools such as `find`. Package users tend to care about fclones when scanning very large photo, media, backup, or build trees where naive duplicate finders are too slow or too memory-hungry. Its ability to replace duplicates with hard links, symbolic links, or filesystem reflinks makes it useful both for cleanup and for storage deduplication experiments. ### Why package nerds care fclones represents the Rust-era file-management CLI pattern: a familiar Unix problem, packaged widely, with machine-readable output and careful performance notes instead of a small single-purpose C utility. For package maintainers, it is notable because performance depends on platform behavior. Linux gets the fullest optimization set, while Windows lacks reflink support and non-Linux systems miss some low-level storage-ordering and page-cache optimizations. ### Timeline - 2020: Public repository created and early 0.1.x tags published. - 2021: README examples show the 0.12-era workflow of grouping first, then linking or removing duplicates. - 2025: Version 0.35.0 tag published. ### Related projects - The README names fclones-gui as the desktop frontend for the same duplicate-file-finding project. - The output format can be made compatible with fdupes, placing fclones in the same family as classic duplicate-file finders while adding Rust implementation and modern storage optimizations. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** fclones - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - fclones: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fc/fclones/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - fclones - 0.35.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fclones from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Efficient duplicate file finder | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - apk - fclones-bash-completion - 0.35.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fclones-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - apk - fclones-fish-completion - 0.35.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fclones-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - apk - fclones-zsh-completion - 0.35.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fclones-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - pacman - fclones - 0.35.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: fclones from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Efficient Duplicate File Finder | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - zypper - fclones - 0.35.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fclones from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Finds duplicate, unique, under- or over-replicated files | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - zypper - fclones-bash-completion - 0.35.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fclones-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - zypper - fclones-fish-completion - 0.35.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fclones-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - zypper - fclones-zsh-completion - 0.35.0-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fclones-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | ZSH Completion for fclones | https://github.com/pkolaczk/fclones - MacPorts - fclones: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/fclones/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/fclones: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/fclones.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [nomino](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nomino/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, file-management, rust. - [brename](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brename/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, file-management. - [f2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/f2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, file-management. - [uutils-findutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/uutils-findutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, filesystem, rust. - [action-validator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/action-validator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust. - [agent-browser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/agent-browser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust. - [bacon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bacon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust. - [bacon-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bacon-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust. - [ddh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ddh/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, duplicate, duplicate-files, file, file-management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fclones.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/fclones.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph