PureMac
Free, open-source macOS cleaner. CleanMyMac alternative with zero telemetry. Native SwiftUI, scheduled auto-cleaning, Xcode/Homebrew/system cache cleanup. MIT licensed.
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PureMac cleans junk off your Mac: caches, logs, Xcode leftovers, Homebrew cruft, mail attachments. Native SwiftUI, zero telemetry, completely free. It's the CleanMyMac alternative that doesn't cost $40/year and doesn't phone home.
There's nothing to self-host. Download, install, run. It scans your system and shows exactly what it wants to delete before touching anything. Scheduled auto-cleaning is built in, so you can set it and forget it. macOS 13+ required.
This is a personal productivity tool, not an enterprise play. Developers with a cluttered Mac who don't want to pay for CleanMyMac and don't trust closed-source cleaners with full disk access have an obvious choice here. The code is MIT-licensed and publicly auditable.
The catch: no malware scanning, no app uninstaller, no smart file deduplication. It cleans known junk paths well but doesn't try to be a full system utility suite.
Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid
fully freeFree tier: Everything. The entire app is free, open source, MIT licensed.
Self-hosted: N/A. Desktop app, not a server.
Paid tier: None. No premium features, no subscriptions. Compare to CleanMyMac X at $39.95/year.
Completely free. CleanMyMac X costs $39.95/year for similar core cleaning.
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License: MIT License
Use freely, including commercial. Just keep the license.
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