Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Those Pesky Files
Define rules to find regenerable files & save disk space
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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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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DaisyDisk▲161See & recover hidden gigabytes from your Mac disks
2014 · daisydiskapp.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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Pretty Clean▲139macOS disk cleanup tools and programmer friendly. Size < 4MB
2022 · pretty-clean.github.io · its alternatives →
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Fossils▲230Find and clean out all your old unused files
2018 · obviousmatter.com · its alternatives →
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Find large files. Reclaim your Mac's space
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Rem▲83CLI trash that makes it ridiculously easy to recover files.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Find & remove duplicate files
2021 · apps.apple.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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DeDuplicate▲83Remove duplicate files in OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive
2021 · deduplicate.app · its alternatives →
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Cloud space has limits. Cloud Cleanup makes it feel infinite
2025 · cleanmymac.com · its alternatives →
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Reclaim gigabytes of your storage used for Xcode cache
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Quickly find out where your disk space is going
2025 · eastcoastsoft.com · its alternatives →
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