A commercial-grade, deep macOS Sequoia system cleaner & security suite designed for advanced users.
The traditional "macOS Maintenance" market is a monopoly. Corporate utility apps charge recurring $80/year subscriptions for software that performs basic system cleanups. That ends today.
CleanMyMacbook is a completely free, native-feeling macOS Sequoia optimization and security suite. Built with high-performance Electron, React 19, and Vite, it delivers advanced system auditing, developer cache purging, app uninstallation, process authority signatures, and live menu bar monitoring in an obsidian dark glassmorphism interface.
Developing natively across architectures requires deep cross-compiling hardware that I simply don't have. I only use and test on Intel (x64) hardware natively.
Building, verifying, and packaging the Apple Silicon (ARM64) version of CleanMyMacbook organically required renting cloud computing infrastructure and architectural adjustments. If you are running a modern M-Series processor and want the 100% native, ultra-fast Silicon build of this application, you can purchase the proprietary Silicon ARM .dmg version exclusively on my Ko-Fi Store below!
The standard Intel (x64) build attached to the releases tab remains 100% free.
I didn't stop at emptying the trash. CleanMyMacbook provides genuine system intelligence and power tools:
- Smart App Uninstaller: Completely removes
.appbundles alongside hidden~/Libraryapplication support, cache, preferences, and container residue. - System Junk: Surgical targeting of system caches, log archives, and temp structures.
- Large & Old Files: Hunts massive abandoned files (>200MB) choking root volume storage.
- Residual Installers: Locates forgotten
.dmg,.pkg, and.isodisk image payloads wasting drive space.
- Developer Cache Purger: Reclaims tens of gigabytes from Xcode (
DerivedData, device logs, archives, simulator runtimes), Homebrew, CocoaPods, Cargo (Rust), npm, Yarn, and Pip. - Package Manager Auditing: Homebrew formulae & Python Pip package inventory and version tracking.
- App Signatures: Deep Kernel
.appDeveloper Authority verification mapping explicit origins, code signatures, and suspicion metrics viacodesign. - Active Network Ports: Exposed TCP/UDP listening services mapped natively to background daemons via
lsof. - Startup Daemons: Deep verification of background LaunchAgents and Plists configured to auto-execute on boot.
- Privacy Cleaner: Aggressively filters local browser caches and global
Saved Application Statefiles.
- Dynamic Telemetry Status: Sits directly in the macOS top status bar displaying live
⚡ RAM X% | DISK Y%with 3-second background polling. - Sequoia Glass Popover Sheet: Interactive Control-Center style popover with live memory/disk gauges, CPU hardware details, and 1-click RAM Purge actions.
- Command Palette (
⌘K): Instant search and task launcher. - Hotkeys:
⌘1–⌘9tab navigation shortcuts andEscdismiss handlers.
- Download the
CleanMyMacbook-1.0.0-Intel.dmgexecutable from the Releases tab. - Open it and drag the
CleanMyMacbook.appinto your/Applicationsfolder. - Note: If you receive a security prompt on your first launch, simply right-click the Application and select "Open" manually.
Maximize Power: Ensure you go to
System Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Accessand explicitly grant CleanMyMacbook permissions to let it natively scan the entire system!
To run or build the project from source code:
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/chadi0x/CleanMyMacbook.git cd CleanMyMacbook -
Install dependencies:
npm install
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Development Mode:
npm run dev
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Build Production Release:
npm run build
Building software that directly challenges multi-million dollar corporate markets takes intense effort.
If this application saves your gigabytes, identifies an unwanted tracking app on your laptop, or you simply love that you don't have to pay a monthly subscription anymore, please consider supporting the development!
"Why pay rent on your own hardware?" — Chadi0x