SwiftUI Menu-Bar App

Reclaim Your Disk Space

A SwiftUI menu-bar app for macOS that scans 13 reclaimable locations — caches, build artifacts, logs, and more — and moves them to Trash. Never your work, never system files.

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Menu-Bar, Always Ready

Bytegone lives in your menu bar. One click reveals what's reclaimable, another click moves it to Trash. No terminal required.

  • Live disk gauge at a glance
  • Top categories ranked by size
  • Schedule daily or weekly cleanups
  • Dry-run mode before any action
  • Notifications when cleanup completes

What Gets Cleaned

Precision-targeted cleanup that respects your work and eliminates only the safe-to-remove junk.

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System Caches

User-scoped caches from macOS, browsers, package managers, and development tools that accumulate over months of use.

~/Library/Caches ~/.cache
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Build Artifacts

Xcode DerivedData, Gradle caches, and compiled build outputs that can be regenerated on demand.

DerivedData ~/.gradle
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Log Files

Application and system logs that grow indefinitely, consuming space without providing ongoing value.

~/Library/Logs Console logs
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Package Manager Cache

npm, yarn, pnpm, and Bun installation caches that duplicate packages already stored in project node_modules.

~/.npm ~/.yarn
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Container Images

Docker and Colima dangling images, unused volumes, and build cache that accumulate during development.

docker image prune volume rm
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Stale Downloads

Downloads folder entries older than a configurable threshold, safely moved to trash for review.

~/Downloads Configurable age

Safety by Design

This tool was built with a simple rule: never delete the user's work. Every operation goes through mandatory pre-flight checks.

  • Never touches system paths like /System, /Library, or /usr
  • Never deletes active repositories or .git directories
  • Shows exactly what will be deleted with sizes before confirming
  • Moves to Trash instead of permanent deletion by default
  • Skips credentials, SSH keys, and signed certificates
  • Dry-run mode previews all actions without making changes
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Full Window, Full Control

Open the main window for detailed category breakdowns, per-item selection, and scheduling.

Cleanup Targets

A comprehensive list of directories and artifacts this tool can safely reclaim.

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Simulator Caches

~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator

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Xcode DerivedData

~/Library/Developer/Xcode

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Browser Caches

Chrome, Safari, Firefox caches

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Temp Folders

/var/folders/*/T

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Trash

~/.Trash contents

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App Sandboxes

~/Library/Containers/*/Caches

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Download Bytegone

Free, open-source, and built for macOS 14+. No sign-up required.

v1.0 macOS 14+ Universal
Download Bytegone.zip
⚠ Gatekeeper Warning

Bytegone is not code-signed with an Apple Developer ID, so macOS Gatekeeper will block the app on first launch. This is normal for open-source apps without a paid Apple Developer account.

How to open:

  1. After downloading, right-click Bytegone.app and choose Open.
  2. Or go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway under Security.

💡 Tip: If Chrome blocks the download, use Safari instead — it handles unsigned macOS apps more gracefully.

Or build from source: ./build.sh