DevCleaner is coming to Linux - help shape the first release 🐧
DevCleaner started as a macOS app with a simple goal: help developers understand where their disk space is going and safely clean up files left behind by development tools.
Build artifacts, caches, dependencies, simulators, package managers and other development data can quietly grow to tens or even hundreds of gigabytes.
Now I’m working on bringing DevCleaner to Linux.
And I don’t want to simply take the macOS version, port it to Linux and call it done.
Linux is a completely different environment.
Different distributions. Different package managers. Different filesystem layouts. Different development tools. Different workflows.
So I want to build the Linux version together with people who actually use Linux for development every day.
The Linux version is still in development and isn’t available for download yet. But I’m starting to build a group of early testers who will get access to the first beta versions.
I’m especially looking for developers using different distributions and development stacks who are willing to test early builds, report bugs, find edge cases and suggest what DevCleaner should support on Linux.
If that sounds interesting, you can join the Linux beta waitlist here:
You’ll be notified when the first beta is ready.
And if you’re a Linux developer, I’d love to hear from you even before the beta:
What takes up the most unnecessary disk space on your development machine?
Docker? Package caches? Node modules? Build artifacts? Old kernels? IDE data? Something else?
Your feedback can directly influence what gets built into the first Linux release. 🐧
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