Open Source CleanMyMac Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to CleanMyMac for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is Pearcleaner. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to CleanMyMac and three of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to CleanMyMac are Clean Me and App Eraser.

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  1. Pearcleaner icon

    Pearcleaner

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    An open-source mac app cleaner inspired by Freemacsoft's AppCleaner and Sun Knudsen's Privacy Guides post on his app-cleaner script. This project was born out of wanting to learn more. There's probably parts of the code that could be done better as I'm fairly new...

    49 Pearcleaner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Clean Me

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    A small macOS app that acts as a system cleaner (logs, cache, …).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about Clean Me as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Mateo Castro
    Positive
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    It cleans logs and email attachments. Although it does not uninstall apps, for that you will need AppCleaner by freemacsoft. Together, Clean Me and AppCleaner, do the work of CleanMyMac.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Clean Me is a great CleanMyMac alternative.

    • Clean Me is Free and Open SourceCleanMyMac is Paid and Proprietary
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    App Eraser

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    A tool that removes unwanted macOS applications and the files that they leave behind. App Eraser is a Free and Open Source macOS app.

    19 App Eraser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about App Eraser as an Alternative to CleanMyMac
    Embellish8789
    Positive
    0

    Open source and light weight. Does its job

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    • App Eraser is Free and Open SourceCleanMyMac is Paid and Proprietary
    • App Eraser is LightweightCleanMyMac is not according to our users
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