Mole: The Ultimate macOS System Optimizer and Deep Cleaner

Mole: Deep Cleaning for Power Users

While many macOS “cleaning” apps focus on simple cache deletion with flashy interfaces, Mole takes a different approach. It is a powerful, developer-centric CLI (Command Line Interface) tool designed to deep clean and optimize macOS from the ground up.

If you are a developer or a power user who prefers the terminal, Mole provides a surgical way to reclaim disk space and keep your system running at peak performance.

Key Features

🧹 Deep System Cleanup

The mo clean command goes beyond standard trash emptying. It targets temporary files, system logs, and deep cache remnants that most GUI-based cleaners miss.

🚀 System Optimization

Mole isn’t just about deleting files. With mo optimize, the tool refreshes system services, clears DNS/system caches, rebuilds system databases, and resets network services to ensure everything is snappy.

📊 Live System Dashboard

Need to check your system’s health? mo status provides a real-time, color-coded dashboard showing health scores for your CPU, GPU, Memory, Disk, and Network performance—directly in your terminal.

🏗️ Project Artifact Purge

One of the most useful features for developers is mo purge. It scans your system for build artifacts like node_modules, target, build, and dist. You can choose exactly which projects to clean, reclaiming gigabytes of space in seconds.

🛡️ Smart App Uninstaller

Dragging an app to the Trash often leaves behind launch agents, preferences, and hidden support files. Mole’s uninstaller seeks out and removes these associated files for a truly clean removal.

Handy Commands

Once installed, you can operate Mole using the mo command. Here are the most useful operations:

Command	Description
`mo`	Open the interactive menu
`mo clean`	Run the deep cleanup process
`mo uninstall`	Remove apps and their leftover files
`mo optimize`	Refresh system caches and services
`mo analyze`	Launch the visual disk explorer
`mo status`	View the live system health dashboard
`mo purge`	Clean developer project build artifacts
`mo touchid`	Configure Touch ID for sudo in terminal
`mo update`	Update Mole to the latest version
`mo remove`	Completely remove Mole from your system
`mo --help`	Show the help menu
`mo --version`	Show the installed version

Advanced Usage

Preview before action: mo clean --dry-run or mo optimize --dry-run to see what will happen without making changes.
Whitelist management: Use --whitelist with clean or optimize to manage protected rules/caches.
Custom scan paths: mo purge --paths to configure where Mole scans for project artifacts.

Platforms

🍎 macOS (Built exclusively for Apple’s ecosystem)

Get Started

Mole is easy to install via Homebrew:

brew install mole

Alternatively, you can use the official install script:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/mole/main/install.sh | bash

🔗 GitHub Repository: tw93/Mole

Why This Tool Rocks

Developer First: Tailored for people who live in the terminal.
High Performance: Written in Go and Shell for speed.
Transparency: Open-source and minimal, so you know exactly what is being touched on your system.
All-in-One: Replaces the need for multiple monitoring and cleaning utilities.

Crepi il lupo! 🐺