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Disk-space projects on GitHub
Utilities for analyzing and reclaiming disk space on personal computers.
As of , the most-starred Disk-space projects on GitHub are Mole (71.6K stars), Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller (22K stars) and duf (15.3K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 8 Disk-space repositories with 117.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 19 was Mole, with +185 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 19
+185Mole
tw93/Mole · ★ 71.6KMole is a free, open-source command-line tool for macOS (mo) that cleans junk files, uninstalls apps, analyzes disk usage, runs system maintenance, and shows live hardware/network status, rolling CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus-style features into one terminal binary.
+30PureMac
momenbasel/PureMac · ★ 7.3KPureMac 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.
+16Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
BCUninstaller/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller · ★ 22KBulk Crap Uninstaller (BCU) is a free, open-source Windows uninstaller built for removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input. It also cleans leftovers and detects orphaned apps.
+5macspace-releases
1architect/macspace-releases · ★ 413MacSpace is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that shows what fills your disk's System Data, frees what's safe to delete, and can turn off Apple Intelligence (deleting the on-device models) plus Apple's background analytics and data-collection features.
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8 projects · by stars
- 71.6K
#1 · tw93/MoleMole
Mole is a free, open-source command-line tool for macOS (mo) that cleans junk files, uninstalls apps, analyzes disk usage, runs system maintenance, and shows live hardware/network status, rolling CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus-style features into one terminal binary.
- 22K
#2 · BCUninstaller/Bulk-Crap-UninstallerBulk-Crap-Uninstaller
Bulk Crap Uninstaller (BCU) is a free, open-source Windows uninstaller built for removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input. It also cleans leftovers and detects orphaned apps.
- 15.3K
#3 · muesli/dufduf
duf is a terminal utility for checking disk usage and free space — a user-friendly, better-looking alternative to df for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows.
- 4

PureMac
7.3Kmomenbasel/PureMac · SwiftPureMac 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.
- 5

macos-sysdata
952Jarvis322/macos-sysdata · SwiftIt's a free macOS menu bar app that opens up the vague 'System Data' bucket in Storage settings and shows exactly what's filling it (simulator runtimes, Xcode caches, package manager stores, VM disks, logs, per-app data) so you can delete items one by one instead of guessing.
- 6

macspace-releases
4131architect/macspace-releases · SwiftMacSpace is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that shows what fills your disk's System Data, frees what's safe to delete, and can turn off Apple Intelligence (deleting the on-device models) plus Apple's background analytics and data-collection features.
- 7

disk-raccoon
204orange2ai/disk-raccoonDisk Raccoon (硬盘小浣熊) is an AI skill that helps your coding agent find macOS cache folders eating up disk space, figure out which ones are safe to delete, and clean them for you.
- 8

veet
152swadhinbiswas/veet · GoVEET 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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