Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Purge Modules
Trace and remove unwanted dev folders. Free & open source
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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Clean your node modules in seconds ⚡
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Get rid of those node_modules folders in non-active projects
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Remove unnecessary files from node_modules (.md, .ts, ...) - tj/node-prune
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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DevCleaner▲157Free the gigabytes your dev tools and AI apps hoard
Jun 2026 · devcleaner.app · its alternatives →
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An alternative to stack traces for your Go errors. Contribute to bracesdev/errtrace development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mac Cleanup Go▲100Instead of a traditional command-style CLI, it runs as a TUI in the terminal, allowing users to inspect cleanup targets before proceeding. On my macOS machines, caches and app data often take up more than 40% of disk usage. Manually cleaning them each time felt tedious, so I built this tool to make the process easier. While similar tools exist, I found it hard to quickly understand how items were categorized or how important each cleanup target was, so I built my own. Repository: https://github.com/2ykwang/mac-cleanup-go Feedback is welcome.
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ts-remove-unused is a command line tool for TypeScript projects that auto-fixes unused `export`s. It removes the export keyword from the declaration or the whole declaration based on its usage in the project. There are some similar tools but they are focused on "detecting" rather than "removing" so I've built one myself. I wanted a solution that's as minimal as possible; config files to specify the files in your project shouldn't be necessary because that info should be already configured in tsconfig.json. All you need to do is to specify your entrypoint file. Feedback is much appreciated!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · gitmodules.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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Hello HN community! I'm excited to share K8s Cleaner, a tool designed to help you clean up your Kubernetes clusters. As Kubernetes environments grow, they often accumulate unused resources, leading to confusion, waste, and clutter. K8s-cleaner simplifies the process of identifying and removing unnecessary components. The tool scans your Kubernetes clusters for unused or orphaned resources—including pods, services, ingresses, and secrets—and removes them safely. You can fully customize which resources to scan and delete, maintaining complete control over what stays and what goes. Getting…
2024 · sveltos.projectsveltos.io · its alternatives →
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A simple golang application to automate the deployment of software releases. - skx/deployr
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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RepoSweeper▲57I built this in 2018 as a school project to bulk delete GitHub repos. It got 25k views on Medium and ~10k users organically, then I basically ignored it for years. Recently I dug into GitHub's community discussion board and some low hanging fruit for feature additions — archive, visibility changes, collaborator cleanup. GitHub's answer was always "use the API." So I built the UI. RepoSweeper now does: - Bulk archive / unarchive - Bulk visibility (public ↔ private) - Bulk collaborator add/remove - Staleness scoring so you know what to act on first - Handles 100+ repos with…
2024 · reposweeper.com · its alternatives →
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Helps analyze goroutines. Inspired by TDA for Java and goroutine-inspect for golang. - openziti/goroutine-analyzer
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I don't know Rust. Friday after work I realised that 90% of my IDE time now is just the commit/diff view — and even good IDEs feel heavy for that. So over the weekend I built a dedicated native tool for just that. Kyde is a macOS git commit + diff editor with one goal: be fast, do Git well. I'm curious whether anyone else mostly opens their IDE for git operations these days. It's open source, and there's a signed app in Releases.
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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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⚡ The fastest directory crawler & globbing library for NodeJS. Crawls 1m files in < 1s - thecodrr/fdir
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A comprehensive collection of developer tools
2024 · rocksdev.tools · its alternatives →
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Free, open-source disk cleaner that respects your privacy
Feb 2026 · prometheus-corp.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Seamlessly install your private Go modules from GitHub
2024 · goproxy.dev · its alternatives →
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TidyDisk▲5See what is eating your dev disk. Reclaim it in one click.
Jul 2026 · tidydisk.app · its alternatives →
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40+ dev tools that run 100% in your browser - no servers
2025 · nicheutils.com · its alternatives →
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