Is CompactGUI still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 22 days ago. Latest release v4.0.0-beta.12, 2 months ago.

How widely used is CompactGUI?

Widely used. 9.3k stars, 9 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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IridiumIO/CompactGUI

Reduce the space taken up by games and programs on disk by using native Windows APIs

.NET#compressing-folders#compression#csharp#dotnet

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Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 22 days ago. Latest release v4.0.0-beta.12, 2 months ago.
How widely used?: Widely used9.3k stars, 9 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 9,332
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

Apps are only published for Windows.
You'll build it yourself with .NET SDK.

Your system

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No macOS app in the box

No ready-made macOS app or install command in v4.0.0-beta.12. There are apps for Windows.

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1×.NET SDK runtime

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A .NET solution with several projects: start the app project with dotnet run --project <path/to/App.csproj> (the README usually names it).
Nested projects: CompactGUI.Core/CompactGUI.Core.csproj, CompactGUI.Logging/CompactGUI.Logging.csproj, CompactGUI.Tests/CompactGUI.Tests.csproj

Details

License: GPL-3.0
Open issues: 73
Branch: master

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Yes, it runs on macOS

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Yes, it runs on macOS

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Did you get it running?

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