devclean

All-in-one disk cleanup for developers. Reclaim gigabytes in seconds.

Stop running npkill, docker system prune, brew cleanup, and pip cache purge separately. One tool. Everything clean.

$ devclean scan

  devclean — scanning /Users/you

  Scanning node_modules... found 23 (4.7 GB)
  Scanning Cargo targets... found 2 (1.2 GB)
  Scanning package manager caches... found 2 (890.0 MB)
  Scanning Docker... found 3 item(s)
  Scanning Homebrew cache... 2.1 GB
  Scanning Xcode DerivedData... 3.4 GB

  Total reclaimable: 12.3 GB
  Run devclean clean to free this space

Install

npm install -g devclean-cli

Usage

Scan for reclaimable space

devclean scan                    # scan home directory
devclean scan -p ~/projects      # scan specific directory
devclean scan --no-docker        # skip Docker scan

Clean everything

devclean clean                   # clean all found items
devclean clean --dry-run         # preview what would be deleted
devclean clean --older-than 30   # only clean items older than 30 days

Clean specific targets

devclean clean --node-modules    # only node_modules
devclean clean --docker          # only Docker artifacts
devclean clean --brew            # only Homebrew cache
devclean clean --pip             # only pip cache
devclean clean --cargo           # only Cargo target dirs
devclean clean --xcode           # only Xcode DerivedData
devclean clean --caches          # only npm/yarn caches

What it cleans

| Target | What | How | |--------|------|-----| | node_modules | Unused dependency folders | rm -rf | | Docker | Dangling images, stopped containers, build cache | docker system prune | | Homebrew | Downloaded package cache | brew cleanup --prune=all | | pip | Python package cache | pip cache purge | | Cargo | Rust build artifacts (target/) | rm -rf | | Xcode | DerivedData build cache | rm -rf | | npm/yarn | Package manager download cache | npm cache clean |

Safety

• devclean scan is read-only — it never deletes anything
• devclean clean --dry-run shows what would be deleted
• devclean clean --older-than 30 protects active projects
• Only deletes well-known cache/build directories, never source code

License

MIT