clear_modules

What is it?

clear_modules is a light-weight node.js application that allows you to easily search for and delete node_modules folders to easily free up space.

Performance

clear_modules takes less than a second for each item scanned (on average).

Note: When scanning root, skip over /mnt, /usr and /opt for higher performance with the --skip-sys flag!
|     Note: Due to a slight bug, using --skip-sys will also skip over all directories named mnt, usr or opt and their descendants.

Installation

To install, simply run:

• Linux: npm i bossboss2021.clear_modules && sudo npm link bossboss2021.clear_modules in a safe directory. Make sure not to delete the node_modules folder where clear_modules is installed with clearmodules
• Windows: npm i bossboss2021.clear_modules, followed by npm link bossboss2021.clear_modules in a terminal with Administrator permissions. Make sure not to delete the node_modules folder where clear_modules is installed with clearmodules

Usage

To scan for node_modules folders, run: clearmodules scan <base_directory> (ex. clearmodules scan ~).
To scan and delete all node_modules folders, run: clearmodules clear <base_directory> (ex. clearmodules clear ~). This will wait for confirmation.
For a help message, do clearmodules help.

Note: When scanning, clearmodules automatically skips over directories named proc, boot, etc, var, tmp, bin, dev and sys.