Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Rem
CLI trash that makes it ridiculously easy to recover files.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Rem launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Claude Code deleted my research and plan markdown files and informed me: “I accidentally rm -rf'd real directories in my Obsidian vault through a symlink it didn't realize was there: I made a mistake. “ Unfortunately the backup of my documentation accidentally hadn’t run for a month. So I built claude-file-recovery, a CLI-tool and TUI that is able to extract your files from your ~/.claude session history and thankfully I was able to recover my files. It's able to extract any file that Claude Code ever read, edited or wrote. I hope you will never need it, but you can find it on my GitHub…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rmt is similar to the rm command but saves the deleted elements in the trash and restores them. Rmt is written in Rust 🦀 - AmineZouitine/rmt.rs
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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FreeUpMyMac▲110Hey 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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Tidey▲90Hey HN! I built Tidey because my Desktop was always a mess. The problem: Files pile up on Desktop and Downloads. Screenshots, PDFs, random downloads. You save them "temporarily" and forget about them for months. The solution: Tidey sits in your menubar and watches those folders. When you're ready to clean up, it shows you each file one by one. You preview it, then click Delete (goes to Trash) or Keep (moves to ~/Documents/Kept/, organized by year/month). That's it. No complex rules, no automation magic. Just a fast way to make decisions about files you've been ignoring.…
Jan 2026 · trytidey.com · its alternatives →
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Repo: https://github.com/PabloLec/RecoverPy Hi! I just released RecoverPy version 2.0.0 and wanted to share it with you. RecoverPy is a tool with Terminal User Interface to recover deleted and/or overwritten data from your terminal. Version 1.0.0 was released probably around 2 years ago and I was quite amazed by how popular it got :) The initial audience was people trying to recover lost files, but it stuck with hacking/forensics community, I even got to receive mails to appear in hacking magazines and blogs. That was quite unanticipated but I'm glad it's useful…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I made rm-safely, a simple shell wrapper that moves files to trash instead of permanently deleting them. It prevents accidental deletions from autocomplete mishaps or hasty rm -rf commands. Should work as a drop-in replacement for rm but safer. Would appreciate any feedback!
2025 · 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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2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · oops.cmdchallenge.com · its alternatives →
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Hey! I wanted to share a tool I've been working on. It's still very early and a work in progress, but I've found it incredibly helpful when working with Claude and OpenAI's models. What it does: I created a Python script that dumps your entire Git repository into a single file. This makes it much easier to use with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Key Features: - Respects .gitignore patterns - Generates a tree-like directory structure - Includes file contents for all non-excluded files - Customizable file type filtering Why I find it useful for…
2024 · its alternatives →
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Define rules to find regenerable files & save disk space
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Undo Destructive LLM Actions — Yolt (You Only Live Twice) — CLI tool that automatically backs up files every time they change, allowing for quick reverts when AI does things it shouldn't. A safer way to yolo. - mvanderlinde/yolt
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dev's offline page is fun and we did implement it with Rust and WebAssembly. Go is simple. Can we d... Tagged with go, webassembly, showdev.
2019 · dev.to · its alternatives →
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2014 · destroyer.io · its alternatives →
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My partner reviews a lot of P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams) and the adjacent files involved (excel, docx, pdfs, acd/l5x, etc). In his company, these are usually done in Bluebeam. It's really hard to see the diff + keep track of all the revisions resulted by these iterations. They end up storing files like "rev3_final_redlined.pdf". We've been looking for something close to Github to do these reviews, but haven't found one easy enough for folks with no CLI experience to understand and use (happy to check out more tools if you know any). So I built withkord.com to help with…
Aug 2026 · withkord.com · its alternatives →
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Recover deleted, formatted or lost data from Mac in 3 steps
2019 · 4ddig.tenorshare.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all I've been working on a personal project I wanted to share with the community: CR - Mac Helper. It's a collection of shell scripts designed to help you manage, clean, and optimise our Macs :) https://github.com/caioricciuti/cr-mac-helper As a data engineer/developer, I've accumulated a ton of apps and tools on my Mac over the years, and I was tired of manual cleanup and maintenance. So, I built this to automate the process. Here's what CR - Mac Helper can do: App Cleanup: Thoroughly remove applications and their associated files. Path Management: Fix broken…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Every deletion explained, every rule yours to edit
Jun 2026 · gargantua.inceptyon.io · its alternatives →
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- rm-safely – A shell alias that moves files to trash instead of deleting alternatives
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