Mac Cleanup Go
Instead 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.
Mac Cleanup Go launched on January 19, 2026 with 100 votes, #343 of 14,585 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Most Mac cleaners work like a black box—you click "clean" and hope for the best. This one shows you exactly what it finds: file paths, sizes, and categories. You pick what goes, and everything moves to Trash. Terminal-based, open source.
TUI macOS cleaner that scans caches/logs, shows sizes/paths, lets you select what to delete before Trash. - 2ykwang/mac-cleanup-go
Preview-first TUI for cleaning macOS caches, logs, and temporary files. brew install mac-cleanup-go Or download the archive from GitHub Releases . mac-cleanup Tip: Use Enter to preview, then y to proceed with deletion. Press ? to see key bindings. mac-cleanup --select # Configure cleanup targets mac-cleanup --clean --dry-run # Preview cleanup report mac-cleanup --clean # Execute cleanup For command-line cleanup, see the examples below. $ mac-cleanup --select Select cleanup targets ● safe ○ moderate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Name Size [ ] ● Trash 0 B [✓] ○ App Caches 3.2 GB [✓] ○ System Logs 259.7 MB ▸ [✓] ● Go Build Cache 845.0 MB [✓] ○ Docker 2.8 GB [✓] ●…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
I made this because most cleanup tools don't show what they're deleting. This one lets you browse everything first and exclude what you want to keep. deletes go to Trash by default.
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