Windows · founding beta · 0.1.0-beta.1
Where did all the space go?
Roomy scans your drive locally, shows you exactly what's taking up room, and explains anything unfamiliar — before you clean anything up.
This is Nook. It shows up when there's something worth pointing out — never to tell you what to delete.
A recreation of the app shell for illustration — not a live screenshot.
The three questions
Roomy answers them in order
Every view, every list, and every inspector panel exists to move you through these three questions — not to impress you with a chart.
Where is the space?
Scan a drive and see the largest folders and files first, ranked and labeled — not buried three clicks deep.
What is this?
Inspect any item for its size, type, and age. When a name is unfamiliar, Roomy Guide can explain it — with its uncertainty shown, not hidden.
What should I review next?
Stage candidates in a reviewable cleanup queue. Nothing is deleted until you say so, and it goes to the Recycle Bin first.
Eight views, one shared selection
Look at your drive the way that makes sense to you
Switch views without losing your place — the current folder, selection, and inspector carry over every time.
Folders
What is in this location?
Treemap
How is the total space divided?
Top sizes
What are the biggest items?
Sunburst
Which branch holds the space?
Flame
At what depth does the weight accumulate?
Bubbles
Which groups dominate?
Mind map
How are these folders connected?
Age map
Where is old data taking up space?
Beyond the views
Duplicates, applications, and change tracking
Four more workspaces sit alongside the eight views, each reachable from the same shell.
Duplicates
Finds exact-content duplicates (size, then a partial hash, then a full hash) and groups them by wasted space. You choose which copy to keep before anything is staged.
Applications
Lists installed applications with a measured size from your scan alongside the installer's own reported size, and a confirmed uninstaller launch — Roomy never runs one silently.
Changes
Save a snapshot, then compare it against a later scan to see what grew, shrank, or appeared — with every number labeled against the snapshot it's measured from.
What is this?
An offline local knowledge base recognizes common Windows folders, caches, and installer leftovers and explains them without any network call — no Guide required.
Safety and privacy
Nothing happens without a chance to review it
Cleanup is reviewed, not silent
- Adding an item to the cleanup queue only stages it — nothing is removed yet.
- Review the full list, sizes, and paths before anything happens.
- Removal goes to the Recycle Bin by default, so a mistake is recoverable. Permanent delete exists only behind a typed confirmation.
- Roomy refuses to touch drive roots, Windows/Program Files/ProgramData, your user profile root, and system files like the page/hibernation file — no matter what's staged.
- Roomy never runs a broad "one-click clean" pass on your behalf.
Local-first, no account needed
- Scanning, every view, duplicates, applications, snapshots, and the local "what is this?" explanations all work fully offline.
- The founding beta does not upload scans, paths, or file contents.
- Optional local usage notes are off by default and never leave your device in this build.
- No account or sign-up is required to use the core product.
Roomy Guide (optional)
Explanations, when you want them
Roomy Guide explains unfamiliar items, summarizes what changed, and helps you decide what deserves a closer look.
Roomy Guide isn't part of the launch build — it's coming later. When it arrives it will be optional and off unless you turn it on. Three things it will do:
- Explain an item — what it likely is, how confident Guide is, and what to check next.
- Summarize what changed — turns a snapshot comparison into a plain-language summary of what grew, shrank, or appeared.
- Suggest a review order — ranks cleanup candidates so you know what to look at first. It's a suggested order, never an instruction to delete.
When you ask about an item, Guide sends a small amount of metadata — type, extension, size, age, and your question — to a cloud provider named in Settings, counted as one "ask" against a plain-language quota. File contents are not sent by default, and names/paths are off by default too. Guide can classify, explain, summarize, and suggest review. It never authorizes deletion on its own, and when it isn't sure, it says so. Guide is not a general chatbot; it only ever talks about the item or scan you asked it about.
"I'm not fully sure — the folder name is generic." is a real Guide answer, not a bug.
Pricing
Free during the founding beta
Plans below load live from the Roomy pricing API when it's reachable. Prices shown there are still hypotheses being tested, not final offers.
Founding beta
- Full local scan and every view
- Inspector, largest items, duplicates, applications, snapshots, cleanup review
- Roomy Guide planned for later — not in this build
- No account, no card, no time limit during the beta
Showing the founding-beta default. Roomy Lifetime and Roomy Guide pricing are hypotheses under test.
FAQ
Questions people ask before downloading
Does Roomy delete files automatically?
No. Roomy only stages items in a cleanup queue for your review. Removal is a separate, explicit step; it goes to the Recycle Bin by default, and permanent delete requires typing a confirmation. Roomy also refuses to touch drive roots, Windows/Program Files/ProgramData, your profile root, and system files, regardless of what's staged.
Does scanning require the internet?
No. Scanning, every view, the inspector, duplicate detection, the applications list, snapshots, and the local "what is this?" explanations all work fully offline. Only the optional Roomy Guide feature uses the network, and only when you turn it on.
What does Roomy Guide send to the cloud?
Guide isn't in the launch build — it's coming later, and it would only run after you turn it on. When it does: by default it sends the selected item's type, extension, size, modified age, parent category, and your question. Not file contents, and names/paths are off by default too. The provider is named in Settings. See the Guide data page for an example request.
Do I need an account?
No. The core product works without signing up. An account will only matter for optional future upgrades.
Is Roomy free?
Yes, during the founding beta. The plan is a free local core, an optional one-time Lifetime upgrade later, and an optional Guide subscription — none of that is billed yet.
Is "Roomy" the final name?
Yes. Roomy is the name.
Find out where your space went
Free during the founding beta. Local scan, no account, nothing deleted without review.
Downloads open on GitHub Releases, where both the x64 and ARM64 Windows installers are published. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because these early builds aren't signed yet.