Flatsonar

BleachBit

by Andrew Ziem and contributors

Free space and maintain privacy

Broad permissions Flathub reviewed GPL-3.0 vv6.0.4
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About

BleachBit frees disk space and maintains privacy by quickly removing unnecessary files such as cache, cookies, browser history, temporary files, and system logs. It can also shred files and clean free disk space to prevent data recovery.

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your home folder
    --filesystem=home
  • owns desktop name org.gnome.Bleachbit: can impersonate a desktop component
    --own-name=org.gnome.Bleachbit
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to ~/.var/app
    --filesystem=~/.var/app
  • access to /tmp
    --filesystem=/tmp
  • access to /var/tmp
    --filesystem=/var/tmp
  • access to /var/log
    --filesystem=/var/log
  • access to xdg-run/gvfsd
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfsd
  • access to xdg-run/gvfs
    --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfs
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

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