The Mac cleaner that
feels like macOS.
Activity Monitor, Storage Analyzer, and Cache Purger living together in a 138 KB menu bar app. No Electron. No background battery drain. 0.0% idle CPU.
First time opening on Mac? Simply Right-Click → Open to bypass Gatekeeper.
Purgeable
Safe Mac Cache & Resource Monitor
Engineered for extreme efficiency.
Real-world metrics measured on an active Apple Silicon Mac running macOS Sequoia. Zero Electron bloat.
Compiled directly to native ARM64 machine code. While standard cleaners weigh 150–300 MB, Purgeable is a featherweight 141 KB.
When the popover is closed, Purgeable terminates all timers and sleeps in the Mach kernel event loop. Zero polling, zero wakeups.
Consumes less than 0.5% of memory on an 8GB Mac. No bundled Node.js runtimes or Chromium webviews swallowing your RAM.
Direct kernel memory queries using host_processor_info. Zero subshell overhead and zero disk reads with cached icon pipelines.
| Metric | Traditional Cleaners (CleanMyMac) | Electron Web-Wrappers | Purgeable (Native C++) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installer Size | 180 – 260 MB | 120 – 220 MB | 141 KB (1,000× smaller) |
| RAM Footprint (RSS) | 280 – 420 MB | 300 – 500 MB | 18 MB (0.5% system RAM) |
| Background Idle CPU | 1.5% – 4.0% | 3.0% – 8.0% | 0.0% (Zero battery drain) |
| Kernel Probe Latency | 120 – 300 ms | 400 – 800 ms | < 1.5 ms (Mach ports) |
| Background Daemons | 2–3 LaunchDaemons | Always-running Helper | 0 Daemons (Clean exit) |
| Price Model | $35/yr Subscription | $15 – $25 | 100% Free Open Beta |
Why we stopped using existing Mac cleaners.
Opening Activity Monitor and navigating System Settings ten times a day shouldn't be the default developer experience.
Clunky & Bloated
- ✕ Opening heavy Activity Monitor and scrolling through 400 processes just to find which app is heating up your MacBook.
- ✕ Waiting 45 seconds for System Settings ➔ Storage to calculate vague categories without showing exact file paths.
- ✕ Third-party cleaners that take 400 MB of RAM, run heavy background daemons, and demand $35/year subscriptions.
- ✕ Aggressive tools that delete caches while Xcode or Android Studio are actively compiling, corrupting build states.
Native, Fast & Lightweight
- ✓ Single-click menu bar glance: Live CPU, memory pressure, and reclaimable gigabytes always at your fingertips.
- ✓ Instant Top Hogs: Click CPU or Memory to see top offending processes in under 2ms via Mach kernel APIs.
- ✓ Ultralight 138 KB binary: Zero Electron wrappers. Consumes 0.0% idle CPU and less than 22 MB RAM.
- ✓ Smart Safety Guards: Automatically skips wiping DerivedData or CocoaPods if Xcode or compilers are actively running.
Designed with surgical precision.
Every line of C++ and Cocoa is optimized for zero background footprint and instant response.
Mach-Speed Resource Metrics
Queries kernel Mach ports directly for instant CPU load, active core split, swap pressure, and memory distribution in microseconds.
Guarded Safe Cache Purging
Reclaim 5–30 GB of stale Xcode DerivedData, CocoaPods archives, Yarn packages, and Homebrew bottles without touching personal files.
100 MB+ Large File Radar
Quickly surfaces giant forgotten installers, disk images, and database dumps across your Mac with a one-click "Show in Finder" button.
0.0% Idle CPU & Battery Friendly
Zero polling while closed. When you open the popover, it uses cached icon decodes and efficient system probes to preserve your battery life.
Native Glassmorphic UI
Rendered with pure AppKit vibrancy layers. Matches your macOS Dark/Light theme, accent colors, and menu bar typography seamlessly.
Tiny 138 KB Footprint
Written entirely in Objective-C++ with zero node_modules or bloated runtime dependencies. Installs in under 3 seconds.
Pay Once. Own Forever.
No subscriptions. No upsells. Free core tier for everyone, Pro for power users.
Core menu bar monitoring and 1-click safe purge for every Mac user.
- 1-Click Purgeable Reclaim & Trash Cleaner
- Real-time Memory & Purgeable Menu Bar Stats
- Safe Location Caches (Xcode, Chrome, npm, Logs)
- 0.0% Idle CPU & 149 KB Native Binary
- Deep Per-Process CPU & Memory Tree
- Top 10 Large Files Finder & Finder Reveal
Deep diagnostic power tools for developers, designers, and power users.
- Everything in Free
- Deep CPU Inspector: Top 10 live processes, core breakdown & runaway killer
- Deep Memory Inspector: Top 10 RAM consumers, memory leak detector & swap pressure
- Large Files Finder: Scan & reveal top 10 files >100 MB directly in Finder
- Instant License Key: Sent immediately to your email
- Lifetime Updates: All future v1.x & v2.x updates included
Install in 30 Seconds
Purgeable is an open beta distribution package. Here is how to install it:
Click the download button to get the 138 KB Purgeable.dmg.
Open the disk image and drag the Purgeable.app icon into your Applications folder.
On your first launch: Right-click (Control-click) Purgeable ➔ click Open. macOS permanently whitelists it, and it runs in your menu bar!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! The core menu bar monitoring, live CPU/RAM drill-downs, large file hunter, and safe cache cleanups are 100% free with no ads, no trackers, and no telemetry data collection.
Purgeable is compiled directly to native ARM64 / x86_64 machine code using Apple's Clang compiler with native Cocoa and POSIX kernel APIs. It does not bundle Chromium, Node.js, or Electron, making it hundreds of times smaller and faster than web-based wrappers.
Never. Purgeable only cleans safe, regenerable developer artifacts: Xcode DerivedData, CocoaPods downloads, Yarn/npm tarball caches, and Homebrew bottles. It also actively guards against running compilers so builds are never corrupted.
Yes! Purgeable is compiled natively for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 14 (Sonoma), macOS 15 (Sequoia), or newer.