Flatsonar

Spruce

by Kavish Advani

Reclaim disk space

Dangerous permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0-or-later v0.2.1
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About

Spruce is a lightweight cache cleaner and system maintenance tool designed for GNU/Linux. It helps keep your system fresh by clearing unneeded caches, logs, and temporary files in a clean, Adwaita-based GTK interface.

  • Scan common cache locations
  • Detect unused Flatpak runtimes and data
  • Preview exactly what will be removed
  • Clean with a single click

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

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