Devclean – All-in-one disk cleanup CLI for developers

Name: Devclean – All-in-one disk cleanup CLI for developers
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Author: mozharovskyarik

by mozharovskyarik·Mar 8, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemSlick

Unifies seven separate cleanup commands into one safe, selective tool.

Strengths

•Scans six different package managers and caches in one pass without running separate commands
•--dry-run and --older-than guards prevent accidental deletion of active projects
•Clear safety model: read-only scan followed by explicit clean action

Weaknesses

•Solves a real friction point, but ccleaner, BleachBit, and platform-native tools already exist
•Package manager vendors could solve this natively, reducing long-term relevance

Post Description

I kept running out of disk space every few months. The fix was always the same: delete old node_modules, docker system prune, brew cleanup, clear pip cache. Seven different commands I had to look up every time.

devclean scans your entire dev environment and shows you what's reclaimable:

npm i -g devclean-cli devclean scan

It found 12GB on my machine — 23 forgotten node_modules, Cargo targets, brew cache, Xcode DerivedData.

Features: - Scans: node_modules, Docker, Homebrew, pip, Cargo, Xcode, npm/yarn caches - devclean scan is read-only (never deletes without you asking) - --dry-run to preview, --older-than 30 to protect active projects - Selective cleaning with --node-modules, --docker, etc.

GitHub: https://github.com/arikmozh/devclean