[Bug]: Dupeguru is unmaintained, and as of python version 3.13 is no longer compilable.

[Saul-Dickson]

Checklist

• I am using an up-to-date version.
• I have read the documentation.
• I have searched existing issues.

TagStudio Version

Alpha 9.5.2

Operating System & Version

Archlinux Kernel:6.15.2-arch1-1

Description

This issue is not caused by TagStudio, but does effectively deprecate one of TagStudio's features. I'll note that given dupeguru is lready installed, it will still work.

As of python version 3.13, python-setuptools no longer includes the module sandbox. This is necessary for dupeguru to compile, as can be seen with the traceback below.

archlinux >$ make
./env/bin/python build.py --modules
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/dot/.cache/paru/clone/dupeguru-git/src/dupeguru/build.py", line 13, in <module>
    from setuptools import sandbox
ImportError: cannot import name 'sandbox' from 'setuptools' (/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py)
make: *** [Makefile:88: modules] Error 1

It is apparently possible to downgrade python-setuptools to version 79 (the most recent to include the sandbox module), but I have not been able to get that to work either. Regardless, dupeguru is no longer a viable duplicate detection tool for users that do not already have it installed and running, or are willing to mess with downgrading installations.

Expected Behavior

I'm not familiar with the number of alternative duplicate detection programs out there, but there has to be at least one which could serve as a suitable replacement.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Download dupeguru source
2. Have a current version of python
3. Attempt to compile dupeguru

Logs

No response

[Thecreatre]

As a note for finding a replacement: i have seen it mentioned that czkawka could be used to replace it, how ever its fairly recent (https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/issues/1485) removal of sorting functionally does make it less useful, so im unsure if its a suitable replacement for the moment (among other clunkiness the application has in my experience)

although if the only goal is that its a actively worked on app that finds dupes to swap to then i suppose it works. (plus more features)

(I've never personally used the dupe guru dupe finder importer with tag studio my self, sense i thought it would just delete all the dupes it found with out me getting to say anything other than pressing the button to delete or not, so that part of the discussion probably isn't for me)

[Computerdores]

I think this would probably be better as a feature request for a concrete alternative (e.g. Czkawka) as I am personally using dupeguru on Win10 without issues and see no reason to deprecate the current functionality we already have while dupeGuru still works for a substantial part of the userbase

[a84r7a3rga76fg]

jdupes is better.

[Computerdores]

jdupes is better.

I think that suggestion would be better suited for a separate Feature Request like I wrote in my previous comment.

Also, jdupes hasn't had a single commit in almost a year, and the ssl certificate of the website has expired. So, as far as actively maintained goes, I wouldn't say jdupes is any better off than dupeguru (in fact, the last commit for dupeguru is more recent than for jdupes). For that reason, jdupes support would, imo, be better off as a separate plugin/extension once that system exists.