A modern, fast alternative to the Windows "Add or Remove Programs" panel. Built with Tauri, React, and Rust.

Why Purgr?

The built-in Windows app manager is slow, cluttered with ghost entries from apps you already deleted, and hasn't been redesigned in years. Purgr fixes all of that:

• Detect orphan entries — apps deleted but still lingering in the registry
• Real app icons — extracted from executables, not generic placeholders
• WinDirStat-style disk analyzer — treemap visualization of your entire drive
• Actually works — handles Steam games, Adobe apps, MSI packages, and everything in between

Features

Installed Apps

• Scans HKLM and HKCU registry (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Detects orphaned entries (install folder no longer exists)
• Uninstall apps directly, with support for:
  • Standard uninstallers
  • MsiExec packages
  • Protocol-based (Steam, Epic, etc.)
  • Automatic UAC elevation when needed
• Search and filter by name, publisher, or status
• Bulk remove all orphan registry entries in one click
• Open install location in Explorer

Disk Analysis

• WinDirStat-style treemap visualization
• Multiple drive support
• MFT-based scanning for near-instant results on NTFS drives
• Parallel scanning with rayon for non-NTFS drives
• Progressive loading — see results while scan continues
• Delete files and folders directly from the treemap
• Right-click context menu with Open in Explorer

General

• Custom dark and light themes
• Multi-language support (English, French — easy to contribute more)
• Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+F search, arrow key navigation)
• Virtualized app list — smooth with 500+ apps
• Custom titlebar with native window controls
• Admin elevation on release builds for full access

Screenshots

Installation

Download

Go to Releases and download the latest .exe installer.

Build from source

Prerequisites:

• Node.js (v18+)
• pnpm
• Rust
• Windows 10/11

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/Serotops/purgr.git
cd purgr

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Dev mode
pnpm tauri dev

# Release build
pnpm tauri build

The installer will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/nsis/.

Contributing

Adding a new language

1. Copy src/locales/en.json to src/locales/xx.json (where xx is the language code)
2. Translate all values — keep the keys in English
3. Open src/hooks/useI18n.tsx and add:

   import xx from "@/locales/xx.json";

   Then add to the LANGUAGES object:

   "xx": { name: "Language Name", data: xx },

4. Submit a pull request

Missing translations automatically fall back to English.

Development

pnpm tauri dev    # Start dev server + Tauri window
pnpm build        # Build frontend only

The Rust backend is in src-tauri/src/. The React frontend is in src/.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
• Backend: Rust via Tauri v2
• Disk scanning: FindFirstFileExW + rayon (parallel) + NTFS MFT parsing
• Bundler: Vite

License

Author

Made by Serotops