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24 alternatives to Space Gremlin, my christmas project just accepted for the Mac App Store
Space Gremlin is a Mac application for visualizing and cleaning up hard drive space. It scans local and external drives to show users what is taking up storage, with the option to focus on specific folders or home… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Space Gremlin, my christmas project just accepted for the Mac App Store launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Find Out What's Taking Up Space on Your Mac
2014 · spacegremlinapp.com · its alternatives →
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SpacePigeon▲93I switch between a few different “modes” on my Mac every day (work, coding, meetings, personal stuff). Each time I’d end up reopening the same apps and dragging all the windows back into the right Spaces. Super repetitive and honestly kind of annoying. So over the past few weeks I hacked together a small open-source tool called SpacePigeon that basically remembers your whole workspace and puts everything back where it was. Things it can do: Save your current layout (apps + windows + Spaces) Restore it with one click or a hotkey Keep separate presets (like “Work”, “Coding”, “Meetings” etc.)…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Room Service▲128Built 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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The coworking space management platform in a pocket
2018 · spacebring.com · its alternatives →
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Daisy Disk 4.0▲366Analyze disk usage and free up disk space on your Mac
2015 · daisydiskapp.com · its alternatives →
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Spaceman▲75A macOS app to view virtual desktops in the menu bar
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clean developer storage with evidence, not guesswork
Jul 2026 · spacelint.quartz.ink · its alternatives →
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I've recently launched a new open-source project aimed at enhancing the experience of switching between Spaces/workspaces on macOS. The built-in Spaces feature is often slow and unfriendly. This project is designed to boost your productivity :). Enjoy!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sharing, Feedback & Planning Made Easy
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TagSpaces is a free, open-source file organizer for Windows, macOS, Linux, and the web. Tag files and folders, take notes, and manage your digital life—100% offline, no login.
2016 · tagspaces.org · its alternatives →
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Disk space visualization and management tool for Mac
2021 · daisydiskapp.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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A tiny coworker that lives in the corner of your Mac
Aug 2026 · deskgremlin.com · its alternatives →
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A cross-platform collaborative editor
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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folderGo▲91Click once. and customize every folder with glassy icons
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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NotchSpace▲82Turn your Mac notch into an intelligent active workspace
Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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