# wzh4869/AppPorts

📦 A macOS utility to seamlessly migrate applications to external storage and reclaim local disk space.【一款 macOS 工具，无缝迁移应用到外部存储并自动建立链接，释放宝贵的本地空间】

Repository: https://github.com/wzh4869/AppPorts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/appports
Homepage: https://appports.shimoko.com
Language: Swift
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: app-manager, disk-cleaner, external-storage, full-disk-access, macos, macos-app, swift, swiftui, symbolic-links, utility
Last push: 2026-07-07T14:40:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 92, longevity 20
- inputs: {"age_days": 288, "days_push": 57, "days_rel": 57, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1993, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.228899+00:00)

## What it is
AppPorts is a macOS utility that migrates large applications from /Applications to external storage (SSD, SD card, or NAS) while leaving a tiny launcher stub locally via symbolic links. Apps continue to launch normally from Launchpad and the macOS App Menu, freeing local disk space.

## Use cases
- free up macbook disk space by moving apps to an external ssd
- migrate large applications to external storage on macos
- move apps to external drive without breaking launchpad
- reclaim local storage from multi-gigabyte mac apps
- run mac apps from an external drive seamlessly
- clean up mac applications folder with symbolic links

## When to choose
- you're on macOS with limited internal storage and an external drive available
- you want apps to keep working normally (Launchpad, self-updates) after migration
- you prefer a native SwiftUI GUI over manual symlink commands

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform disk management tool (macOS only)
- your external drive isn't reliably connected when launching apps
- you need to migrate system apps or apps with strict sandbox/security restrictions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, files, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: disk-space, symbolic-links, external-storage, app-migration, swiftui, disk-cleaner, utility, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- wzh4869/AppPorts (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.228899+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:37.174455+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wzh4869/AppPorts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.228899+00:00, sha 1706a8921b62)
  - homepage: https://appports.shimoko.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:21.702298+00:00, sha 2e540b6995c9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.