Mole is a terminal-based tool for deep system cleanup, app uninstallation, and optimization on macOS. It aims to consolidate the functionality of multiple popular Mac utilities—cleaners, uninstallers, disk analyzers, and system tuners—into a single open-source binary. From the command line, you can scan and remove large caches, logs, temporary files, browser remnants, and other junk that quietly accumulates over time. Mole’s smart uninstall mode walks the filesystem to remove not just an application bundle, but also associated caches, preferences, launch agents, logs, and other leftovers in more than twenty locations. It also includes optimization routines that rebuild caches, reset network services, trim swap files, and refresh indexes to keep the system feeling responsive. An interactive disk analyzer view helps you navigate directories with the keyboard to find space hogs, while status commands surface live CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics.
Features
- Deep system cleanup of caches, logs, temp files, browser data, and trash via simple commands
- Smart uninstall that removes apps plus scattered leftovers across many macOS directories
- System optimization routines to rebuild caches, reset services, and trim swap for smoother performance
- Interactive disk analyzer to explore directories and delete large files from a terminal UI
- Handy subcommands for status dashboards, Touch ID sudo integration, dry-run previews, and whitelist control
- Easy installation and updates via Homebrew or a single curl-based install script
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