A native macOS disk cleanup utility for developers.
- Smart Scan & Cleanup — Scans system caches, logs, browser caches, and more. All deletions go to Trash first for safe recovery.
- Xcode Cleanup — Remove DerivedData, old Archives, Simulator caches, and device logs.
- Project Cleanup — Detect and remove build artifacts (
node_modules,target,.build,dist,Pods,__pycache__, etc.) across 15+ project types. - App Manager — Find unused apps (90+ days inactive) and remove them along with associated data.
- Disk Analyzer — Identify large files (100 MB+) eating up your storage.
- App Lipo — Thin universal binaries by removing unused CPU architectures to save space.
- System Tools — Flush DNS, prune Docker, rebuild Spotlight / Launch Services, clear font cache.
- Whitelist — Exclude specific paths from scans.
- Sentinel Mode — Monitors Trash for deleted apps and notifies you to clean up leftover data.
- Dashboard & History — Track lifetime cleanup stats, space reclaimed, and session history.
- Localization — Supports 15 languages.
- macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or later
- Xcode 26.1+
- XcodeGen
# Generate Xcode project
xcodegen generate
# Open in Xcode
open Maclean.xcodeprojBuild and run with the Maclean scheme.
| Module | What it cleans |
|---|---|
| System Cache | System-wide cache files |
| System Log | System log files |
| Browser Cache | Web browser caches |
| Xcode | DerivedData, Archives, Simulators, device logs |
| Homebrew | Package caches and downloads |
| Dev Tools Cache | Developer tool caches |
| App Cache | Application-specific caches |
| Installer | Installation temp files |
| iOS Backup | Device backup artifacts |
| Trash | Trash bin contents |
Maclean is designed with safety as a priority:
- Path validation — Operations are restricted to the user's home directory; critical system paths are blocked.
- Deduplication — Files won't appear in multiple scan categories.
- Whitelisting — User-defined exclusion paths.
- History logging — All cleanup operations are recorded.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.