Project and task management
CleanMyMac alternatives
2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.
The projects
momenbasel/PureMac★5,620 GitHub starsMIT licenceNative SwiftUI macOS cleaner with scheduled auto-cleaning and cache removal for Xcode, Homebrew, and system files.Open on GitHub ↗guhcostan/mac-cleaner-cli★1,906 GitHub starsMIT licenceCommand-line macOS cleaner that finds and removes caches, logs, Homebrew, and Xcode temporary files.Open on GitHub ↗
What you give up either way
- MacPaw's proprietary threat detection and ongoing malware signature/engine updates
- Vendor-provided notarization, code signing, and platform compatibility testing across macOS releases
- Tightly integrated paid features and support/updates bundled by MacPaw
- Setapp distribution and any marketplace subscription bundling
An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches CleanMyMac, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.