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v1.7.0
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bgviewer is a menu-bar kill-switch for macOS background services — see everything running behind your Mac and stop, pause, restart, or disable it, including the KeepAlive agents that respawn when killed.

New in 1.7.0 — Dev Junk 📦

Every project downloads the same gigabyte of dependencies. This release gets it back:

  • Dev Junk view (second tab of the Disk Map window): finds node_modules, Python venvs, Rust target, CocoaPods, .next/.turbo caches, and Xcode DerivedData across your projects, with per-project sizes and a total-reclaimable figure.
  • The one place bgviewer deletes — these folders fully regenerate on the next npm install / cargo build. Strict guards: a folder only qualifies with its manifest beside it (package.json, Cargo.toml, pyvenv.cfg…), guards are re-checked at delete time, and deletion is two-step. A folder merely named node_modules is refused.
  • Your files remain untouchable: everywhere else stays reveal-in-Finder only.

Suggested by a user note — thank you!

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AroraShreshth/bgviewer/main/install.sh | bash

Or download bgviewer-1.7.0.zip below, drag to /Applications, then xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/bgviewer.app (not notarized yet) or approve via System Settings → Privacy & Security.

  • Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel), macOS 13+ · SHA-256 in checksums.txt · README
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