StorageDaddy
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StorageDaddy is a free, open-source native Mac storage analyzer for developers. It maps folders, build outputs, dependency stores, caches and recognized Claude/Codex session archives, then keeps cleanup candidates reviewable before anything moves to Trash. Scanning stays local and the native app has no telemetry.
PH · launched Sep 23, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 1 view
Niche: disk space cleanup utilities · 196 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Partial The UI and basic directory traversal can be vibe-coded, but building a performant, native macOS app that scans massive file trees safely and parses specialized dev cache structures requires native platform engineering.
What it would actually take: The app is written natively in Swift/SwiftUI leveraging low-level macOS POSIX/APFS file system metadata APIs for high-speed disk scanning without excessive memory overhead. The complex parts involve safe Apple sandbox/permissions handling, deep system cache knowledge (Xcode DerivedData, Docker volumes, package managers, and localized LLM context stores), and secure trash management.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 434 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #149 of 435 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 293 days after the earliest competitor.
- Storage Buddy · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- MyMacStorage · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- Roomy · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- CoreTend · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- DiskWright · ph · 2026-09-18 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- CheckMyDisk · ph · 2026-09-27 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- ddeploy · ph · 2026-09-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- DiskClue · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
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