OpenClean
Free, open-source Mac cleaner you can read and undo
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Cleans caches, logs, dev and AI-model leftovers on macOS. Every rule is readable YAML; anything not regenerable goes to a quarantine you can restore. Uninstaller with leftovers, Space Lens, menu bar monitor, CLI. No telemetry. Signed and notarized.
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PH · launched Oct 14, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 23%)
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Mac
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
Similar launches
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Partial While the UI, menu bar monitor, and YAML rule interpreter can be vibe-coded, safely cleaning macOS system leftovers without breaking app sandboxes, notarization, or system integrity requires deep macOS system programming.
What it would actually take: The architecture typically uses Swift or Rust interacting with macOS APIs (EndpointSecurity, launchd, sandbox permissions, and disk management). The hard part is managing quarantined files safely, avoiding SIP (System Integrity Protection) violations, accurately tracking multi-directory app residue without causing system instability, and ensuring reliable Apple code signing and notarization. Developing this requires macOS systems-level engineering and deep knowledge of Apple's platform internals.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 386 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #93 of 387 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 332 days after the earliest competitor.
- OpenClean · github · 2026-10-12 · 32 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- cleanupper · github · 2026-09-23 · 724 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- CleanMacster · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- MacCleaner · ph · 2026-10-19 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- CoreTend · ph · 2026-10-13 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- HideClean · ph · 2026-09-24 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- MyMacCleaner · ph · 2026-10-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- diskwise · github · 2026-09-16 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.60
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More details
- External ID
- 1278559
- Company
- n/a
- Product
- OpenClean
- Website domain
- producthunt.com
- Cohort
- n/a
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.77
- All tags
- Mac, Productivity, Open Source, GitHub
- AI summary
- open-source system cleaner for mac users
- Manually corrected
- No