Mole
Mole is an open-source Mac and PC cleanup and system utility with a fast CLI plus native Mac and Windows apps. It cleans junk and AI data, manages apps, analyzes disk usage, and monitors live system status.
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Mole is a Mac utility that combines cleaning, app management, system optimization, disk analysis, and live status monitoring in one app. It is also offered as a fast open-source CLI, with native Mac and Windows apps noted in the project description.
Key Features
- Clean system junk and stale AI data, with System Data grouped into snapshots, system caches, and logs, and review before cleaning.
- AI Cleanup covers caches and old versions from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other AI tools, plus old Codex sessions and cleanable worktrees reviewed one by one.
- Software management checks updates from Sparkle, App Store, Homebrew, and other supported sources; uninstalls apps with leftovers; and manages supported login and background items.
- Optimize maintains Quick Look, caches, metadata, and common macOS services in one run, with one admin authorization for the whole run.
- Analyze uses a whole-disk treemap to spot large files and folders, drill into folders, reveal items in Finder, and move items to Trash.
- Status shows live CPU, memory, GPU, disk, network, temperature, and fan metrics, plus battery status and process sorting or pinning.
Use Cases
- Free up disk space by cleaning system junk, caches, logs, and stale AI tool data.
- Remove apps with their leftovers and manage supported login and background items.
- Find large files and folders with a visual disk-usage treemap.
- Monitor system performance, battery status, and menu bar metrics.
Getting Started
- Download the Mac app from the official site, or buy it; the page lists a $19 one-time price, macOS 14+, and a 14-day refund.
- For the CLI, the page shows brew install tw93/tap/mole and mo clean.
Deployment & Requirements
- macOS 14 or later.
- Accessibility support is listed.
Before You Adopt
- License: GPL-3.0. Review its terms before using, modifying, or distributing the project.
- Users are advised to review cleanup items before deciding what to clean, skip, or protect.
- AI cleanup starts with caches selected, while sessions and tools require user choice, and the Moon entry can be hidden in Settings.
- Scans and cleanup are described as staying on the Mac, with files and results not uploaded.
