BleachBit's new TUI makes it perfect for headless servers
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/bleachbit-tui-1.webp?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit's existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is fully interactive, you navigate the interface with your keyboard (there's limited mouse support) to select, preview and clean out cruft. The BleachBit TUI caters to use cases the GUI doesn't, be that headless Linux servers managed remotely or being available on lightweight desktop systems where adding the overheard of GTK dependencies isn't wanted. Currently in alpha, the new TUI runs on the same backend as [...]
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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/bleachbit-tui May 15, 2026, 12:52 AM