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Mazharul Anwar
Mazharul Anwar

Posted on • Originally published at macflow.ai

Why I built a native macOS app to fight "Configuration Drift"

We’ve all been there. You get a brand new MacBook, and for the first three months, it’s a dream. Then, slowly, the "drift" sets in. A Homebrew update breaks a symlink. Your /opt/homebrew folder starts eating 20GB. Xcode caches grow to the size of a small moon.

As an engineering leader, I got tired of the "voodoo" fixes and manual cleanup scripts. I wanted something native, fast, and local-first.

So, I built MacFlow.

What is MacFlow?

MacFlow is a 100% native macOS assistant designed to give you total control over your development environment.

🎥 The Full Walkthrough

I recorded a walkthrough of the current beta features here:

Key Features

  • AI Workspace Discovery: Tell MacFlow what you're building, and it finds and maps the necessary stacks locally.
  • Real-time Drift Detection: Get notified when your environment diverges from your intended state.
  • Deep System Hygiene: Reclaim GBs of space from NPM, Docker, and Xcode caches in one click.
  • Local-First Security: Apple Notarized and runs entirely on your machine. No data leaves your Mac.

Join the Beta

We are currently in Open Beta and looking for feedback from the dev community. If you care about a perfectly dialed-in machine, I'd love for you to give it a spin.

👉 Read the full launch details and technical breakdown on our blog: macflow.ai/blog/introducing-macflow-native-macos-command-center

Download the Beta at MacFlow.ai

I'll be around in the comments to answer any technical questions!

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