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Shabbir Sajjadhusain
Shabbir Sajjadhusain

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I built a disk cleaner that actually knows what Ollama and Hugging Face leave behind

I built Prune after watching my drive fill up with Ollama models and Hugging Face checkpoints I'd forgotten about. Most Mac cleaners don't know these caches exist, and there's not much for Windows at all.

What it does

Prune scans for free and shows an exact GB size per category before anything is touched:

  • Ollama models (5-40GB)
  • Hugging Face cache (10-50GB)
  • Xcode DerivedData (10-30GB)
  • pip/conda/npm/CocoaPods caches
  • Uninstalled app leftovers
  • Everyday system/browser junk

Nothing is ever deleted blind — every file is listed before removal, active projects with .git or node_modules are skipped, and deletions stay inside your user folder. Scans run entirely on-device, so no file path metadata ever leaves your machine.

Where it's at

Windows is live now (code-signed installer). macOS is under active development with an open waitlist.

The scan is free forever. Pro unlocks full cleaning for $4.99/mo, $15/yr, or $29 one-time — all with a 7-day free trial.

Try it here

Happy to answer questions about how the detection works.

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