Version 12.0.2 - 09.09.2026r
Czkawka GTK Deprecation Notice
Version 12.0 is the last released version of Czkawka GTK. No new binaries will be provided from this point on. All users are encouraged to migrate to Krokiet, the new Slint-based GUI frontend.
Core
• Surfaced rollback rename failures in make_hard_link/make_file_symlink instead of silently ignoring them - #1995
• Switched the XDG portal trash implementation to async-io, avoiding a Tokio runtime requirement alongside Slint's async-io backend - #2025
• Fixed the AVIF license metadata - #2060
• Fixed the AVIF tests - #2061
CLI
• Rejected non-finite user input (e.g. NaN/inf) in numeric arguments - #2038
Krokiet
• Fixed popup OK/Close button text truncation and centered popups more reasonably - #2043
• Added the ability to start a scan in Krokiet via CLI arguments - #2069
Virustotal
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/de7e8a01cf16caf742a2da350f5c9a49477cdc75a63d05d0ea18fd1c50737285
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e1448221dd5df8c79653e25d094ec138150632a7b1929454648e0015ca4066ac
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6374de477106e8135b9b96e424b8490d47ec70327af36dc3efed7ac90a705df3
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/102d97dd4bd8ffe798136c45137a4986f0e31f355a593fc64dcfd415e705554f
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/35a77107380f19417c24016448c6371c199b2f46e816c85779e36eb819fb02b5
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/eb7c2009d2dd49cf5202acbd65370caece0a3f819b9515e727cedb1ec088ed1a
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/2daf2b008c35556573829c5f752888d5028a0b988bfae2dc32ebf0e976233441
Legend:
• If you are a beginner or don't know which version to use, start with one of these depending on your OS (if they don’t work, try different builds):
• Windows – windows_krokiet_on_windows_skia_opengl.exe, windows_krokiet_on_linux.exe, windows_czkawka_gui_gtk_412.zip
• Mac – mac_krokiet_skia_vulkan_x86_64, mac_krokiet_skia_vulkan_arm64, mac_czkawka_gui_x86_64, mac_czkawka_gui_arm64
• Linux – linux_krokiet_x86_64, linux_krokiet_all_backends, linux_czkawka_gui_x86_64
• krokiet – primary graphical version of the application, fully supported and actively developed, includes new features and ongoing improvements
• gtk_gui – legacy GTK-based graphical version
• cedinia - new android app
• cli – command-line version of the app
• arm, x86_64 – CPU architecture. Most Windows/Linux uses x86_64, while on Mac the arm version is becoming the most common choice.
• heif, raw, avif – additional features that require extra libraries installed on the OS
• skia_opengl, skia_vulkan, femtovg_wgpu, all_backends – alternative Krokiet backends, use different, when you have problem with current
• deps - scripts that you can run, to install required/optional apps/libraries
You can read more about 12.0.0 version on Medium:
• English article – https://medium.com/@qarmin/krokiet-czkawka-12-0-6fa09c43c3b9
• Polish article – https://medium.com/@qarmin/krokiet-czkawka-12-0-c5dad2116793
