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24 alternatives to DevCleaner

Free the gigabytes your dev tools and AI apps hoard

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Turn PDFs into audiobooks. AI voices + built-in OCR offline.

    Apr 2026 · bradleynash.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN Ex YC/Google engineer turned indie maker here - excited to share something I just shipped. The System Data in my Mac was taking up 300GB and it took me months to figure out how to clear the old cache, logs, junk and more. And CleanMyMac is a subscription - I refuse to pay subscription fees for Mac apps that run locally. So I built FreeUpMyMac an offline, lifetime Mac cleaner that clear junk with 1 click. And helps you visualize your storage with TreeMap/Sunburst. Hope it’s helpful to you as it is for me. Would love your feedback Tunde

    Jan 2026 · freeupmymac.com · its alternatives →

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    DevUtils▲197

    Developer utilities for macOS

    2020 · devutils.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4DA

    This is a project I've been working on since the start of Covid-19. I built an app so that I don't have to put data into online tools like JWT debugger, JSON formatter, URL decoder, etc... https://devutils.app The app works entirely offline and is open-source. I'm selling the pre-built version of the app to earn some revenue for my time. If you want to try the app but can't afford the price or don't have XCode to build the app, drop me an email (my profile), I'll be happy to provide you a free build. I would love to hear all the feedback/suggestions. Thanks!

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    A Mac cleaner built specifically for developers

    Apr 2026 · code-cleaner.com · its alternatives →

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    An open-source mac app cleaner

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free Mac cleaner with Apple Intelligence , no subscription

    Jun 2026 · maccleaner.triviumtechlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    Supercharge your Mac performance

    2023 · drbuho.com · its alternatives →

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    Clean Xcode, node_modules & developer junk in seconds.

    Aug 2026 · devboxcleaner.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi there! During last time we (me and my friend) were building an app to clean various stuff after Xcode. I was fed up as a developer that Apple related things load my drive and I need hundreds of gigabytes just to do my job. It's live now on Mac App Store and we'll be glad to hear your feedback: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/cleano/id6469460523 Features - Simulators cleanup. It's a correct cleanup via 'simctl' so you even don't need to restart Xcode for it to take effect - SPM repos cache. Swift PM stores github repos for packages separately and never removes…

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Quickly and thoroughly uninstall Mac apps.

    2014 · freemacsoft.net · its alternatives →

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    Disk App▲114

    Create gigabytes of free space on your Mac

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hover ← to see the pain. Install to end it.

    Nov 2025 · macdetox.com · its alternatives →

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    Ditch▲92

    App cleaner that lives in your MacBook’s notch

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    1,25,000+ Free Developer Tools, Cheatsheets, Icons, MCP, etc

    2025 · hexmos.com · its alternatives →

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    MacMan▲8

    Reclaim 20-50gb of mac storage in minutes

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    macOS disk cleanup tools and programmer friendly. Size < 4MB

    2022 · pretty-clean.github.io · its alternatives →

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    DevToys▲92

    Swiss army knife for developers

    2022 · devtoys.app · its alternatives →

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    Built this after repeatedly running into “Disk is full” on macOS with no clear explanation. Started as a cleanup tool for dev environments (Xcode, Docker, node_modules), but the harder problem turned out to be understanding what’s actually taking space. macOS groups a lot of this into “System Data”, which isn’t very actionable. Recently, local AI tools made this worse. Model files and caches (Ollama, Hugging Face, Whisper, etc.) grow silently and are spread across different locations. The goal is to make disk usage more transparent before deciding what to remove. Would appreciate feedback,…

    Mar 2026 · roomservices.pro · its alternatives →

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    Reclaim gigabytes of your storage used for Xcode cache

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MacMan▲9

    Developers, meet your Mac’s reset button

    Nov 2025 · its alternatives →

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    Open-source Tinder for desktop files on MacOS. 100% Free.

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Save hundred of gigabytes

    2025 · ezclean.web.app · its alternatives →

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    Optimize and uninstall apps on macOS.

    Jul 2026 · alextkdev.github.io · its alternatives →

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