# alienator88/Pearcleaner

A free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner

Repository: https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pearcleaner
Homepage: https://itsalin.com/appInfo/?id=pearcleaner
Language: Swift
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-22T18:49:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 46, longevity 73
- inputs: {"age_days": 1024, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": 280, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 62}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14429, forks 368 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.980936+00:00)

## What it is
Pearcleaner is a free, source-available, fair-code licensed macOS application cleaner for fully uninstalling apps and finding orphaned files. It also includes a development environment manager and file search, though active development is currently on hold.

## Use cases
- completely uninstall mac apps with leftover files
- find orphaned files left behind by deleted apps
- free open-source alternative to AppCleaner
- clean uninstall macos applications
- manage development environments on mac
- search for app-related files on macos

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with timely bug fixes and new macOS support
- you require a strictly OSI-approved open-source license (it is fair-code licensed)
- you need Windows or Linux support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, developer-tools, gui
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: -
- tags: app-uninstaller, macos-utilities, fair-code, orphaned-file-cleanup, swiftui, macos, desktop, swift

## Member repositories
- alienator88/Pearcleaner (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.980936+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 2026-08-29T17:12:34.887492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alienator88/Pearcleaner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.980936+00:00, sha 1e925bd9a938)
  - homepage: https://itsalin.com/appInfo/?id=pearcleaner (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:59.966311+00:00, sha c1016070bed4)
  - site_page: https://itsalin.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:59.975585+00:00, sha d7c047e613bf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.