Mandoline 🥒

A lightning-fast macOS drive triage utility designed to help you slice through storage clutter. Mandoline provides a dedicated, focused interface to review media files using rapid-fire keyboard shortcuts—letting you keep, delete, or undo actions seamlessly.

Download

Ready to use? Download the latest compiled macOS app from the root of this repository:

👉 Download Mandoline.dmg

(Note: Because this is an independently distributed app without an Apple Developer signature, Gatekeeper will warn you when opening it. You can bypass this by right-clicking Mandoline.app in your Applications folder and selecting "Open").

Features

• Blazing Fast Review: Instantly view images and videos sequentially.
• Keyboard-First Workflow: Never touch the mouse while triaging.
  • Space or → (Right Arrow): Keep the file and move to the next.
  • Delete / Backspace: Move the file to the Trash.
  • ⌘ + Z or ← (Left Arrow): Undo the last action and return to the previous file.
• Sandboxed Security: Designed safely using macOS native APIs.

Building from Source

Mandoline uses XcodeGen to manage its Xcode project.

1. Install XcodeGen:

   brew install xcodegen

2. Generate the project:

   xcodegen

3. Open Mandoline.xcodeproj and build!

Distributing

If you make changes and want to generate a new .dmg to distribute:

1. Install create-dmg:

   brew install create-dmg

2. Build the Release app:

   xcodebuild -project Mandoline.xcodeproj -scheme Mandoline -configuration Release clean build SYMROOT="$(PWD)/build"

3. Package it:

   create-dmg \
     --volname "Mandoline" \
     --window-pos 200 120 \
     --window-size 600 400 \
     --icon-size 128 \
     --app-drop-link 400 185 \
     --icon "Mandoline.app" 150 185 \
     "Mandoline.dmg" \
     "build/Release/Mandoline.app"

License

Standard MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.