I've built a macOS app for developers to clean their dev machines
Hi there! During last time we (me and my friend) were building an app to clean various stuff after Xcode. I was fed up as a developer that Apple related things load my drive and I need hundreds of gigabytes just to do my job. It's live now on Mac App Store and we'll be glad to hear your feedback: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/cleano/id6469460523 Features - Simulators cleanup. It's a correct cleanup via 'simctl' so you even don't need to restart Xcode for it to take effect - SPM repos cache. Swift PM stores github repos for packages separately and never removes…
I've built a macOS app for developers to clean their dev machines launched on May 16, 2024 with 29 votes, #756 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Cleano is a macOS app that helps developers reclaim disk space by cleaning up files and caches generated by Xcode and related tools. It removes iOS simulator data, Swift Package Manager repository caches, and derived data without requiring Xcode restarts. The app targets macOS developers frustrated by the large storage footprint of Apple development tools. Features in development include desktop widgets for quick cleanup and support for additional package managers like CocoaPods.
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From the sources
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi there! During last time we (me and my friend) were building an app to clean various stuff after Xcode. I was fed up as a developer that Apple related things load my drive and I need hundreds of gigabytes just to do my job. It's live now on Mac App Store and we'll be glad to hear your feedback…
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Room ServiceMar 2026 · roomservices.pro · ▲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,…
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