Mole — cleanup, apps, and live status on Mac
A native macOS utility that combines cache cleaning, app updates and uninstall, maintenance, disk treemap analysis, and a live Status dashboard with a menu bar HUD in one SwiftUI app.
Developed by Tw93, Mole for Mac builds on the open-source Mole CLI’s safety rules but adds visual workflows the terminal tool cannot offer: review-first cleanup across eleven cache categories, Software management for Sparkle, Homebrew, App Store, and Electron updates, one-tap Optimize maintenance, Jupiter treemap disk analysis, and a Status page with CPU, memory, GPU, network, battery, and fan metrics. Processing stays local; the developer states the app collects no analytics on scanned files.
Typical Mac workflow
Most users open Clean to scan Xcode, browser, developer, and AI tool caches, untick anything they want to keep, then confirm deletion after reviewing the file list and byte count. Software checks for app updates and startup items; Analyze drills into large folders; Status and the menu bar HUD show live metrics without opening the main window. Optional Full Disk Access reaches deeper App Support and container caches when you need a more thorough scan.
Version 1.8.0
Released June 22, 2026, build 1.8.0 adds Battery Care for supported MacBooks, holding charge near 80% and resuming below 75% while Mole runs. Fan presets on Apple Silicon no longer require sudoers setup and return to Auto more reliably. Optimize, Software updates, Status, Clean, Uninstall, and Analyze each received targeted speed, grouping, and reliability improvements documented in the official Sparkle release notes.
Licensing and requirements
Mole requires macOS 14.0 or later and costs $19 as a one-time purchase with lifetime updates, two Macs per license, and a 14-day refund. Each destructive tool works twice for free; scanning is always free. Install from mole.fit or brew install --cask mole-app. The separate Mole CLI remains free and open source under MIT on GitHub.






Actually, quite a good app.