Built this for myself, figured other devs might find it useful.
CleanMyMac CLI is a terminal-native cleanup for devs. No GUI, no context switching, just stay in the shell.
Public beta is out. Download to try:
brew install --cask macpaw/taps/cleanmymac-cli
I wasn’t supposed to ship this yet. Shipped it anyway.
Meet CleanMyMac CLI: terminal-first Mac cleanup, built for developers.
It’s a public beta. It’s rough around the edges. That’s the point.
Try it 👇
brew install --cask macpaw/taps/cleanmymac-cli
https://t.co/Jex7ZtHGGq
Build fails. Disk full. No idea what's taking space.
cleanmymac analyze — interactive disk explorer in the terminal. Sorts by size, navigate with arrow keys, nothing touched until you confirm.
brew install --cask macpaw/taps/cleanmymac-cli
node_modules, .venv, target, .next old build artifacts pile up across projects, and you never notice until the disk is full.
cleanmymac purge scans your project folders and groups everything by project, by size and age.
@ronnieonly Try CleanMyMac CLI. It handles the Xcode side really well. Here’s a screenshot I found on my computer while working on a project. Xcode being Xcode, it went and spawned a whole army of simulators again: https://t.co/Jex7ZtHGGq
@i_mika_el@kosovan We'd rather own that. 10+ years of Mac cleanup experience, full accountability if something goes wrong. Engine is closed, everything else is open on GitHub.
@i_mika_el@kosovan The scanning logic and cleanup methodology are our core product. That's what we're keeping closed.
Open-source trust isn't free, someone has to vet every contributor and every commit.
Ran cleanmymac clean command on my machine today.
24.17 GB cleaned. Didn't have to leave the terminal once.
Scans first, groups by category. You pick what goes. Nothing removed until you confirm.
CleanMyMac, now in your terminal.
Cleans Docker, node_modules, Xcode, package manager caches and more without leaving the shell.
Public beta is live: brew install --cask macpaw/taps/cleanmymac-cli
I work on CleanMyMac at MacPaw. I basically live in the terminal.
Opening a GUI to clear disk space kept breaking my flow, so we wrapped the cleanup engine into a CLI.
Public beta. Here's what it does 🧵
It's an early beta. Still rough in places and not feature-complete.
Putting it out now because the world has enough to-do apps and not enough disk space.
Questions, bug reports, broken things, reply here. Your feedback is very welcome.
CleanMyMac by MacPaw is the ultimate storage rescue for creatives who need more storage space out of their lightweight devices. https://t.co/neXpLCca7G
@BasicAppleGuy Whoa, 4 GB for Safari is wild. My browsers always eat up my RAM too. Try managing those heavy tabs more often, that usually helps me out a lot.
@Taniyatweets_ I think we're already past the point where this isn't enough! All software is getting heavier, and agents are pumping out their artifacts at an insane speed!