Whitespace.
See who already built your idea — and the space they left open.

CLUSTER DISK-FILES-MACOS · 12 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-09-19

macOS disk cleanup utilities

This cluster consists of macOS utilities that scan disk usage, identify regenerable caches, logs, and temporary files, and delete them only after preview and explicit confirmation. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from — it predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leader is TrashIT-MacOS with 9 stars, followed by uad-dynamic-plugin-cleaner with 1 star and mac-cleaner with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 8OCT 2026: 2
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 10 hobby · 1 indie · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Sweeply1★17 days—hobbyDesktop utility that scans a Mac for caches, logs, and developer leftovers, shows what can be safely removed, and deletes only on user confirmation.
  2. 02dev-cache-cleaner1★1 mo—hobbymacOS utility that scans development caches and cleans regenerable files while refusing to remove active processes or user data.
  3. 03mac-cleaner0★24 days—hobbymacOS disk cleanup utility that previews and selectively removes caches, logs, and temporary files with confirmation and trash-based recovery.
  4. 04deslop0★24 dayslivehand-codedindiemacOS desktop utility that scans disk usage, identifies regenerable caches, and deletes selected files after showing a preview of what will be removed.
  5. 05safe-cache-cleaner-macos0★11 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS utility that deletes old third-party cache files from the user's cache folder using a conservative allowlist and dry-run preview.
  6. 06watcher-tracker0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbymacOS utility that cleans copied DeviantArt watcher lists, stores dated snapshots, and reports new and removed watchers.
  7. 07MacCleanup0★4 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS utility that scans the system for junk files, displays what could be removed, and deletes items only after user confirmation.
  8. 08macos-system-data-cleaner0★26 days—hobbymacOS disk cleanup utility that scans system data, categorizes items by deletion risk, and removes files only after explicit confirmation.
  9. 09tidymac0★1 mo—hobbyMac cleanup utility that removes unnecessary files to the trash with verification, designed for non-technical users.
  10. 10Sweep2★1 mo—macOS cleaner and uninstaller that only removes files after the user explicitly selects and confirms each deletion.
  11. 11uad-dynamic-plugin-cleaner1★1 mo—hobbyAudio utility that scans Universal Audio plug-ins on macOS, previews removable candidates, and deletes only after user approval with backups.
  12. 12SmartMacCleaner0★1 mo—hobbymacOS disk cleaner that scans approved folders weekly, suggests files to remove, and deletes nothing without explicit user approval.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.