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Mole

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Clean, uninstall, analyze, optimize, and monitor your Mac from the terminal.

macOS

Clean your Mac

💡 The CLI is free and open source. Prefer a native Mac app? Mole for Mac adds visual cleanup review, app updates, uninstall, maintenance, disk maps, live status, and a menu bar HUD. One license covers 2 Macs, with lifetime updates and a 14-day refund.

Features

  • All-in-one toolkit: Combines CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus in a single binary

  • Deep cleaning: Removes caches, logs, leftovers, and orphaned app data to reclaim gigabytes of space

  • Smart uninstaller: Removes apps plus launch agents, preferences, and hidden remnants

  • Disk insights: Visualizes usage, finds large files, rebuilds caches, and refreshes system services

  • Live monitoring: Shows real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network stats

Quick Start

Install via Homebrew

brew install mole

Homebrew follows Homebrew's supported macOS tiers. Use macOS 14 or later for the Homebrew path; older macOS versions should use the script installer below on a best-effort basis.

Run

mo                           # Interactive menu
mo clean                     # Deep cleanup + already-uninstalled app leftovers
mo uninstall                 # Remove installed apps + their leftovers
mo optimize                  # Refresh caches & services
mo analyze                   # Visual disk explorer (or 'mo analyse')
mo status                    # Live system health dashboard
mo purge                     # Clean project build artifacts
mo installer                 # Find and remove installer files

mo touchid                   # Configure Touch ID for sudo
mo completion                # Set up shell tab completion
mo update                    # Update Mole
mo update --nightly          # Update to latest unreleased main build, script install only
mo remove                    # Remove Mole from system
mo --help                    # Show help
mo --version                 # Show installed version

Preview safely

mo clean --dry-run
mo uninstall --dry-run
mo history
mo history --json
mo purge --dry-run

# Also works with: optimize, installer, remove, completion, touchid enable
mo clean --dry-run --debug   # Preview + detailed logs
mo optimize --whitelist      # Manage protected optimization rules
mo clean --whitelist         # Manage protected caches
mo purge --paths             # Configure project scan directories
mo analyze /Volumes          # Analyze external drives only

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