# tw93/Mole

🐹 Clean, uninstall, analyze, optimize, and monitor your Mac. Free open-source CLI, plus a native Mac app.

Repository: https://github.com/tw93/Mole
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mole
Homepage: https://mole.fit
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: clean, cleaner, macos, mac, shell, analyzer, appcleaner, daisydisk, istat, optimize, sensei, uninstall, command-line, cleanmymac, macos-app, native, swift, swiftui, pearcleaner
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:00:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 24
- inputs: {"age_days": 344, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 59}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 65039, forks 2281 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:19.242356+00:00)

## What it is
Mole is a free, open-source macOS CLI (plus a paid native SwiftUI companion app) that cleans caches and leftovers, uninstalls apps with leftover review, analyzes disk usage, optimizes system services, and monitors live system stats. It bundles the roles of tools like CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus into a single binary.

## Use cases
- free up disk space on my mac
- completely uninstall an app and its leftover files
- find what is taking up disk space
- clean xcode and npm caches
- monitor cpu memory and network usage on mac
- remove project build artifacts
- manage login items and launch agents

## When to choose
- you want a free, scriptable CLI for macOS cleanup and maintenance
- you need app uninstall with careful leftover review and safety checks
- you prefer open-source alternatives to CleanMyMac or AppCleaner
- you want disk treemap analysis and live system monitoring in one tool

## When to avoid
- you need a Windows or Linux cleaner (Windows support is experimental)
- you want a fully free GUI app (the native Mac app is $19)
- you need deep antivirus or malware removal features
- you require cross-platform system maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, file-system, monitoring, analytics
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: macos-cleanup, app-uninstaller, disk-analyzer, system-monitor, homebrew, swiftui, open-core, command-line, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- tw93/Mole (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:19.242356+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 2026-08-29T16:17:24.945260+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tw93/Mole (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:19.242356+00:00, sha 5e8c9bff7183)
  - homepage: https://mole.fit (fetched 2026-08-28T17:54:46.662708+00:00, sha 6104a4bbbeb1)
  - site_page: https://mole.fit/mac-app-uninstaller (fetched 2026-08-28T17:54:46.675274+00:00, sha 0d25138ad259)
  - site_page: https://mole.fit/docs (fetched 2026-08-28T17:54:46.676992+00:00, sha 968ba4a93509)
  - site_page: https://mole.fit/releases (fetched 2026-08-28T17:54:46.672413+00:00, sha 6f7eabde5157)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.