Simple terminal UI for cleaning macOS
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I made this because most cleanup tools don't show what they're deleting. This one lets you browse everything first and exclude what you want to keep. deletes go to Trash by default.
HN · launched Jan 27, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: disk space cleanup utilities · 196 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a macOS CLI/TUI application written in a language like Go or Rust that scans standard cache/temp directories, prompts the user via a terminal UI, and moves files to the Trash.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 767 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #753 of 768 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 72 days after the earliest competitor.
- Nexus Clean · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- CleanMacster · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- HideClean · ph · 2026-09-24 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- CleanMac · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- MacCleaner · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- CleanBar – Menu Bar Manager · ph · 2026-11-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- Tidy — Your Mac, sorted in seconds · ph · 2026-10-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- Nix · ph · 2026-10-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
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