Trying to find a disk utility program for 10.4.11

Hi all. My li'l iBook has been running exceptionally slow lately. I'm not the most mac-tech savvy, but I wasn't born yesterday either, so please take that into account when answering, please.
I'm assuming the iBook needs a little maintenance in the way of some disk cleaning (repairing permissions and whatnot). I saw referenced an app called mainMenu, but I'm having a hard time finding a version that will even install on my machine. If anyone in the community would point me in the right direction of something I can do to get this notebook chugging again, it would be much appreciated.
All my software is up to date, and here are my specs:
Machine Name:          iBook G4
Machine Model:          PowerBook6,7
CPU Type:          PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs:          1
CPU Speed:          1.33 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:          512 MB
Bus Speed:          133 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          4.9.3f0

For a start, you may try Applejack, a freeware utility

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