🛰️ Kessler CLI

Intelligent CLI tool to find and safely clean build artifacts & caches

Kessler finds and sweeps away node_modules, __pycache__, target/, dist/, .venv, and dozens more — without ever touching your source code.

Install

npm install -g kessler-cli

Usage

# Launch interactive TUI
kessler ~/Projects

# Scan and report (no deletion)
kessler scan ~/Projects --json

# Clean with confirmation
kessler clean ~/Projects

# Deep clean + force (CI-friendly)
kessler clean ~/Projects --deep --force --older-than 30d

Features

• 🏎️ Blazingly fast — Written in Go, scans massive directory trees in milliseconds
• 🧠 Context-aware — Identifies project types via trigger files, only targets known safe artifacts
• 🔍 .gitignore intelligence — Discovers ignored directories unique to your project
• 🛡️ Git safety net — Never touches files tracked by version control
• ♻️ OS trash integration — Moves to Trash instead of rm -rf
• 🎨 Beautiful TUI — Interactive dashboard with live telemetry

Other Install Methods

• Homebrew: brew tap hariharen9/tap && brew install kessler
• Scoop (Windows): scoop install kessler
• Go: go install github.com/hariharen9/kessler@latest
• Binary: GitHub Releases

Links

• GitHub
• Full Documentation