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Mole

Terminal toolkit for cleaning, uninstalling apps, and monitoring a Mac

  • System utilities
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What it is

Mole is a command-line utility (`mo`) that clears caches, logs, and leftover app data, removes applications along with their launch agents and preferences, and deletes build artifacts and old installer files. It also includes an interactive disk usage explorer, routine maintenance tasks such as flushing DNS, and a live view of CPU, memory, disk, and network activity. Mac users who want one scriptable replacement for several paid cleanup and monitoring apps can preview every deletion with dry-run before committing. A Windows version and separate native apps are also offered.

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Stars
71,675 GitHub stars.
71,675

Forks
2,532
Commits
3,701
Contributors
159
Language
Shell
License
GPL-3.0
Last commit
Oct 19, 2026
On GitHub since
September 2025
First release
September 2025
Platforms
macOS, Windows, CLI
Self-hostable
No
Alternative to
CleanMyMac, DaisyDisk, iStat Menus
Author
Tw93
Tags
  • system-monitor
  • system-tweaks
  • file-manager

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  • Bluesky“Mole (brew install mole) for cleaning up MacOS is so so good. I just learned that Puppeteer browser cache had grown to 5GB...”Apr 8, 2026 · 48 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole – Deep clean and optimize your MacMar 21, 2026 · 33 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“found this on Twitter: supposed to replace CleanMyMac, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus. i’m intrigued, might give it a try mole.fit”May 11, 2026 · 13 likes · 3 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Speaking as someone that tends to very critically eye general maintenance apps for computers.. holy hell Mole is impressive as all hell. If you're a Mac user…”May 25, 2026 · 7 likes · 2 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsShow HN: Mole – Deep clean and optimize your MacDec 27, 2025 · 6 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsTw93/Mole: Deep clean and optimize your MacDec 30, 2025 · 3 points · 1 comment (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole: Deep clean and optimize your MacDec 26, 2025 · 4 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole (macOS App)Mar 20, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole: Deep clean and optimize your MacJan 15, 2026 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole: Deep clean and optimize your MacJan 9, 2026 · 1 point · 2 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole – deep clean and optimize your MacDec 20, 2025 · 3 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“A "random" system utility of the day: Running outta storage space on yer Mac? Run a mole!”Jun 16, 2026 · 2 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Hacker NewsMole – Dig deep like a mole to clean your MacOct 5, 2025 · 2 points · 0 comments (opens Hacker News in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Any Mac users out there who would like a free 2-machine license for Mole, the very excellent MacOS cleaner? Owing to a senior moment, I bought it twice…”Aug 13, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“what the fuck did you do?? use”Aug 13, 2026 · 0 likes · 1 reply (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Mole 鼴 doesn't stop getting better! Each release brings unexpected cool new features making it indispensable. Currently running on all my Macs. mole.fit”Jul 1, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Lovely bit of Mac software that does the job of CleanMyMac, DaisyDisk etc. mole.fit”Jun 16, 2026 · 1 like · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Mole is just the best! I wonder why it's free.”Oct 17, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Just used to clean my MacBook's hard drive. Seems effective! 🧹 #macOS #disk #cleanup”Sep 25, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)
  • Bluesky“Installed Mole on my Macs to clean up some. On both machines I freed up GBs of space.”Aug 12, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 replies (opens Bluesky in a new tab)