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Cleanup projects on GitHub

Debloating and optimization scripts that tidy up operating systems.

As of , the most-starred Cleanup projects on GitHub are winutil (64.4K stars), Win11Debloat (59.4K stars) and optimizer (18.2K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 7 Cleanup repositories with 178.1K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was Winhance, with +90 stars in a day.

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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+90

Winhance

memstechtips/Winhance · ★ 13.8K

Winhance is a free Windows enhancement utility that debloats, optimizes and customizes Windows 10 and 11, combining app management, privacy and performance tweaks, and theming in one GUI app.

+74

winutil

ChrisTitusTech/winutil · ★ 64.4K

Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility (WinUtil) is a curated compilation of Windows system tasks: it streamlines installs, debloats with tweaks, troubleshoots, and configures Windows updates.

+67

Win11Debloat

Raphire/Win11Debloat · ★ 59.4K

Win11Debloat is a lightweight PowerShell script that removes pre-installed apps, disables telemetry, and tweaks the interface to declutter and customize Windows 10 and Windows 11.

+30

PureMac

momenbasel/PureMac · ★ 7.2K

PureMac is a free, open-source macOS cleaner that handles app uninstalling, cache/junk cleanup, storage exploration, and system health checks, built as a no-telemetry alternative to paid tools like CleanMyMac.

The all-time top

7 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · ChrisTitusTech/winutil

    winutil

    Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility (WinUtil) is a curated compilation of Windows system tasks: it streamlines installs, debloats with tweaks, troubleshoots, and configures Windows updates.

    64.4K
  2. #2 · Raphire/Win11Debloat

    Win11Debloat

    Win11Debloat is a lightweight PowerShell script that removes pre-installed apps, disables telemetry, and tweaks the interface to declutter and customize Windows 10 and Windows 11.

    59.4K
  3. #3 · hellzerg/optimizer

    optimizer

    A free, open-source Windows utility that locks down privacy and security: it turns off telemetry, Cortana, OneDrive and other built-in components. The author recommends running it right after a fresh Windows installation for maximum benefit.

    18.2K
  1. 4

    Pearcleaner

    14.9Kalienator88/Pearcleaner · Swift

    Pearcleaner is a free, source-available Mac app cleaner that uninstalls apps along with their leftover files, inspired by AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's app-cleaner script.

  2. 5

    Winhance

    13.8Kmemstechtips/Winhance · C#

    Winhance is a free Windows enhancement utility that debloats, optimizes and customizes Windows 10 and 11, combining app management, privacy and performance tweaks, and theming in one GUI app.

  3. 6

    PureMac

    7.2Kmomenbasel/PureMac · Swift

    PureMac is a free, open-source macOS cleaner that handles app uninstalling, cache/junk cleanup, storage exploration, and system health checks, built as a no-telemetry alternative to paid tools like CleanMyMac.

  4. 7

    veet

    153swadhinbiswas/veet · Go

    VEET is a TUI and CLI uninstallation suite for Linux that removes not just the app binary but all the leftover config, cache, and sandbox data most package managers leave behind.

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