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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How to install CompactGUI on Windows (IridiumIO/CompactGUI) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

IridiumIO/CompactGUI

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

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Before you start

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 Windows?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

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Download for Windows

Version 4.0 Beta 12 · 9/21/2026 ↗

CompactGUI.exe

exe · 10.7 MB · 26,977 downloads · best match

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI/releases/download/v4.0.0-beta.12/CompactGUI.exe" -OutFile "CompactGUI.exe"
Start-Process ".\CompactGUI.exe"

Other Windows downloads (2)

CompactGUI.mono.exe

exe · 69.1 MB · 5,665 downloads

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI/releases/download/v4.0.0-beta.12/CompactGUI.mono.exe" -OutFile "CompactGUI.mono.exe"
Start-Process ".\CompactGUI.mono.exe"

CompactGUI.arm64.exe

exe · ARM64 · 10.6 MB · 4,914 downloads

Download

Standalone executable — no install needed.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI/releases/download/v4.0.0-beta.12/CompactGUI.arm64.exe" -OutFile "CompactGUI.arm64.exe"
Start-Process ".\CompactGUI.arm64.exe"

Install with a package manager

Alternative: winget

winget install CompactGUI

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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1×.NET SDK runtime

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Good to know

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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