Purge: A small, free, open-source mac cache cleaner i built for myself
So this started because my mac kept filling up with cache junk and I kept bouncing between tools to deal with it. and yeah, I know there are already a ton of mac cleaners out there, some of them really good, some that go way deeper than this does. I'm not trying to out-do any of them or compete with the whole category. I just wanted something small for myself that found the obvious cache junk, let me pick what goes, and got out of the way. Figured I'd put it out there in case anyone else wants the same thing.
What it does:
- Scans the usual cache spots, plus some common dev caches
- Everything goes to trash by default, not permanent delete. So if it ever grabs something you wanted, it's sitting right there in the bin
- It's free, scanning and cleaning both
But:
- It's unsigned right now. Apple developer membership is on the list, just not done yet
- It's not a deep dev-tool cleaner. It touches some dev caches but if you've got 100gb of Xcode and docker junk and you want every scanner under the sun, there are better tools for that
Since it's an app that deletes files, i didn't want the deletion logic to be a black box. so it's open source. the whole thing is in the repo, including the safety allowlist that decides what's even eligible to touch. If you don't trust it, read it, or build it from source yourself.
Repo: https://github.com/jithin-sabu/purge-app
Release DMG: https://github.com/jithin-sabu/purge-app/releases/latest
Would genuinely love feedback, especially if you think the safety rules have a gap. That's the part i most want eyes on.