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Dev tools · March 24, 2025

I build a Free and Open-source tool for Macs:)

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…

I build a Free and Open-source tool for Macs:) launched on March 24, 2025 with 8 votes, #3,486 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Get Under the Hood of Your Apple Silicon Dev cockpit was made for developers who want to see what's happening real-time. - caioricciuti/dev-cockpit

Dev Cockpit is a Go-powered terminal UI that turns any Apple Silicon Mac into a development and operations command center. The project is now fully open source and sustained by community donations. dev-cockpit/ ├── app/ # Go module containing the Dev Cockpit binary │ ├── cmd/devcockpit/ # Main application entry point │ ├── internal/ # Internal packages and modules │ ├── Makefile # Build automation │ └── go.mod # Go dependencies ├── LICENSE └── README.md # This file Prerequisites macOS 11.0+ running on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) Go 1.25 or newer ( brew install go ) Xcode Command Line Tools ( xcode-select --install ) Installation Quick Install (Recommended) curl -sSL…from github.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

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…

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