# mac-cleanup

👨‍💻 Python cleanup script for macOS

Repository: https://github.com/mac-cleanup/mac-cleanup-py
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mac-cleanup
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cleaner, cleanup, macos, script
Last push: 2026-04-14T01:52:09+00:00
Link (homepage): https://wartner.io
Link (site_page): https://wartner.io/about

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1526, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 532, "gap_med": 21.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2375, forks 100 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:42.031385+00:00)

## What it is
A shell-based cleanup utility for macOS that frees disk space by clearing caches from Homebrew, npm, Yarn, pip, Docker, Xcode, and many applications. The project is deprecated and no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- free up disk space on my mac
- clear homebrew and npm caches automatically
- clean up xcode derived data and ios simulator files
- remove dangling docker images and stopped containers
- empty trash and clear system log files on macos
- one-command cleanup of developer tool caches

## When to choose
- you want a single script to reclaim disk space across many dev tools on macOS
- you prefer a simple bash utility over heavyweight cleaning apps

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is deprecated
- you are not on macOS
- you want a GUI cleaner with previews and undo

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, cli, file-system, caching
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: cleanup-script, disk-space, homebrew, cache-cleanup, deprecated, shell-script, docker-cleanup, xcode, system-maintenance, command-line, automation, macos, bash

## Member repositories
- mac-cleanup/mac-cleanup-py (main) score 69
- mac-cleanup/mac-cleanup-sh (mirror) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.031385+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 2026-08-30T07:38:32.848999+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mac-cleanup/mac-cleanup-py (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:42.031385+00:00, sha 6881b1d61893)
  - homepage: https://wartner.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:53:51.602172+00:00, sha 76287a43478d)
  - site_page: https://wartner.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:53:51.604683+00:00, sha 2cb3a5d3a30b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.