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<img src="https://cdn.tw93.fun/pic/cole.png" alt="Mole Logo" width="120" height="120" style="border-radius:50%" />
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<h1 style="margin: 12px 0 6px;">Mole</h1>
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<p><em>🦡 Dig deep like a mole to clean your Mac.</em></p>
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## Highlights
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- 🦡 **Deep System Cleanup** - Remove hidden caches, logs, and temp files in one sweep
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- 📦 **Smart Uninstall** - Complete app removal with all related files and folders
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- ⚡️ **Fast Interactive UI** - Arrow-key navigation with pagination for large lists
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- 🧹 **Massive Space Recovery** - Reclaim 100GB+ of wasted disk space
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## Installation
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```bash
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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tw93/mole/main/install.sh | bash
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```
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## Usage
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```bash
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mole # Interactive main menu
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mole clean # Deep system cleanup
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mole clean --dry-run # Preview cleanup (no deletions)
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mole uninstall # Interactive app uninstaller
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mole update # Update Mole to the latest version
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mole --help # Show help
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```
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**Navigation:** Use arrow keys (↑/↓), Space to select, Enter to confirm, Q to quit or Ctrl+C to force exit.
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## Examples
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### Deep System Cleanup
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```bash
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$ mole clean
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Starting user-level cleanup...
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▶ System essentials
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✓ User app cache (28 items) (45.2GB)
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✓ User app logs (15 items) (2.1GB)
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✓ Trash (12.3GB)
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▶ Browser cleanup
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✓ Chrome cache (8 items) (8.4GB)
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✓ Safari cache (2.1GB)
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✓ Arc cache (3.2GB)
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▶ Extended developer caches
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✓ Xcode derived data (9.1GB)
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✓ Node.js cache (4 items) (14.2GB)
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✓ VS Code cache (1.4GB)
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▶ Applications
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✓ JetBrains cache (3.8GB)
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✓ Slack cache (2.2GB)
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✓ Discord cache (1.8GB)
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====================================================================
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🎉 CLEANUP COMPLETE!
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💾 Space freed: 95.50GB | Free space now: 223.5GB
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📊 Files cleaned: 6420 | Categories processed: 6
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====================================================================
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```
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### Smart App Uninstaller
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```bash
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$ mole uninstall
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Select Apps to Remove
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▶ ☑ Adobe Creative Cloud (12.4G) | Old
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☐ WeChat (2.1G) | Recent
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☐ Final Cut Pro (3.8G) | Recent
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🗑️ Uninstalling: Adobe Creative Cloud
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✓ Removed application
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✓ Cleaned 45 related files
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====================================================================
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🎉 UNINSTALLATION COMPLETE!
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🗑️ Apps uninstalled: 1 | Space freed: 12.4GB
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====================================================================
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```
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## What Mole Cleans
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| Category | Targets | Typical Recovery |
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|----------|---------|------------------|
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| **System** | App caches, logs, trash, crash reports | 20-50GB |
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| **Browsers** | Safari, Chrome, Edge, Arc, Firefox cache | 5-15GB |
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| **Developer** | npm, pip, Docker, Homebrew, Xcode | 15-40GB |
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| **Apps** | Slack, Discord, Teams, Notion cache | 3-10GB |
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**Protect Important Files:** Create `~/.config/mole/whitelist` to preserve critical caches:
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```bash
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# Example: Protect Playwright browsers and build tools
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echo '~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright*' >> ~/.config/mole/whitelist
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```
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## What Mole Uninstalls
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| Component | Files Removed | Examples |
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|-----------|--------------|----------|
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| **App Bundle** | Main .app executable | `/Applications/App.app` |
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| **Support Data** | App-specific user data | `~/Library/Application Support/AppName` |
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| **Cache Files** | Temporary & cache data | `~/Library/Caches/com.company.app` |
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| **Preferences** | Settings & config files | `~/Library/Preferences/com.app.plist` |
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| **Logs & Reports** | Crash reports & logs | `~/Library/Logs/AppName` |
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| **Containers** | Sandboxed app data | `~/Library/Containers/com.app.id` |
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## Support
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If Mole helps you recover disk space, star this repository and share with fellow Mac users. Report issues via [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/tw93/mole/issues).
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I have two cats, you can <a href="https://miaoyan.app/cats.html?name=Mole" target="_blank">feed them canned food</a> if you'd like.
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## License
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MIT License - feel free to enjoy and participate in open source.
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