Ballast 0.1.0

First release.

• Menu bar icon with free space, last scan time and the biggest things you could clean up.
• Main window that groups what's using your disk into toolchains, containers, project leftovers, caches, databases, AI models, apps and large files, with sizes and risk levels.
• Knows which Ruby, Node and Python versions your projects pin and never offers to remove those.
• Finds idle node_modules and git worktrees whose pull request is merged.
• Preview of every step before anything runs, a re-check just before acting, and files moved to the Trash rather than deleted.
• Uses each tool's own uninstall command where there is one (Homebrew, Docker, Ollama, git, simctl).
• Asks for Full Disk Access only for the protected items that need it, and shows sudo commands for you to run instead of running them.
• Background rescans, a low-space notification, launch at login and a daily check for new releases.

Install

Download Ballast-0.1.0.zip, unzip it and move Ballast.app to ~/Applications. Ballast is not notarised, so macOS blocks it the first time: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway, or see the README. Requires macOS 14 or later; universal (Apple silicon and Intel).