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Devbroom vs CleanMyMac

A general cleaner sees folders. Devbroom sees which agent made each one, whether it's still in use and whether it holds unsaved work.

If Claude Code, Codex or Cursor are part of your day, Devbroom is the cleaner made for what they leave behind.

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Why Devbroom

  • Knows your agents

    Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode and Orca each get their own rules: what the agent cleans itself, what has its own command, what is never touched.

  • Never takes running work

    A folder with a live agent session, a running process, an open file or uncommitted changes is Blocked. Devbroom never uses --force.

  • A reason you can read

    Every item says why it's Ready, Review, Blocked or Unknown, and everything you clean goes to the Trash, with Put back from History.

At a glance

Devbroom vs CleanMyMac
Feature Made for coding agentsDevbroom CleanMyMac
Coding-agent data (Claude Code, Codex...) 5 agents, each with its own rules Better here Claude Code and Codex junk, in the beta CLI's clean ai
Git worktrees Blocked if they hold work, never --force Better here Not mentioned in its docs
Build folders like node_modules Name plus evidence, like package.json CLI purge, by name; older than 7 days preselected
Before cleaning an app's cache Blocked while a session, process or open file uses it Asks to quit the app first
Where cleaned items go The Trash Better here Large & Old Files: deleted permanently
Undo Put back from History Better here Not mentioned in its docs
MCP server for your agents Yes Not mentioned in its docs
Developer caches 14 tools, like npm, pnpm, uv, Gradle and DerivedData Wider in the CLI: also Go, Docker, Maven, JetBrains, Deno Better here
Malware removal, app uninstaller, app updates No Yes Better here
Price Free; Pro $29 once for 2 Macs From $39.95 a year; one-time from $119.95
Platforms macOS 13.3+, Apple silicon macOS 11+ Better here

Pick Devbroom if

  • You run Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode or Orca and their folders keep growing.
  • You have git worktrees and need to know which ones still hold work.
  • You want a reason beside every item before anything moves.
  • You want everything to go to the Trash, with Put back from History.
  • You'd rather pay once, or not at all, than subscribe.
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CleanMyMac is enough if

  • You want one subscription app for the whole Mac, malware scanning and app uninstalling included.

Coding agents work fast and leave a lot behind: a worktree for every parallel task, a scratch folder for every session, a fresh node_modules for every build. A general cleaner like CleanMyMac sees those as folders. Devbroom sees which agent made each one, whether a session is still running in it, and whether it holds work you haven't saved. That's the difference that matters when the folder is someone's afternoon of work.

Built for the folders agents leave

Devbroom knows where your agents keep their sessions, scratch folders and caches, and follows each agent's own rules: what the agent cleans by itself is left to the agent, what has its own command is left to that command, and your accounts and settings are never touched. It finds git worktrees even outside your project folders, build folders like node_modules, target and .venv, and developer caches such as npm, pnpm, Cargo and Xcode DerivedData.

CleanMyMac is a broad Mac maintenance app with more than 25 tools. Since July 2026 MacPaw also offers CleanMyMac CLI, a separate terminal tool in public beta: clean dev covers developer caches from Homebrew and npm to Docker and JetBrains, purge finds project build folders by name, and clean ai covers junk from AI tools; MacPaw names Claude Code and Codex. Its docs don't mention git worktrees, running agent sessions or undo.

Safe by evidence, not by promise

CleanMyMac relies on a safety database of rules for each macOS version and app, and asks you to quit some apps before it cleans their caches. Its Large & Old Files tool deletes permanently, bypassing the Trash. Devbroom shows you the evidence for each item and lets you decide:

  • A worktree with uncommitted changes is Blocked. Devbroom never uses git worktree remove --force.
  • If an agent session runs in a folder, a process runs from it or a file in it is held open, the item is Blocked.
  • node_modules is Ready only with a package.json beside it; a name alone is never enough.
  • When you press Clean, every item is checked again. Cleaning moves items to the Trash, and you can put each one back from History.

Every rule is on the Rules page, and none of them is a setting you could switch off by accident.

Your agents can ask, you decide

Devbroom comes with an MCP server, so Claude Code, Codex or Cursor can ask whether a folder is safe to delete before they touch it, or request a cleanup that comes to you for approval. There's also the devbroom command and a menu bar panel. See Integrations.

Pay once, or not at all

Scanning, verdicts, cleaning, History, the command line and MCP are free. Pro is a one-time $29 for 2 Macs, with a year of updates, and adds Automatic upkeep, Analytics and the session tools. No subscription. CleanMyMac starts at $39.95 a year ($3.33 a month) for one Mac; MacPaw also sells a one-time license from $119.95 that covers the current major version, and it's on Setapp. Details on the Pricing page.

  • Other options, from free disk maps to developer tools: CleanMyMac alternatives for developers.
  • What Claude Code keeps and how to clean it by hand: How to free up disk space taken by Claude Code.
  • Every verdict explained: Verdicts.

When CleanMyMac is enough

If you don't use coding agents and want one app for the whole Mac, with malware scanning and an app uninstaller, CleanMyMac covers that. The two don't get in each other's way: plenty of developers keep a general cleaner and use Devbroom for the folders their agents fill.

Facts checked on October 9, 2026. Website: CleanMyMac

CleanMyMac is a trademark of its owner. Devbroom is not affiliated with it. What this page says about CleanMyMac comes from its own site and repository; if something has changed, write to support@devbroom.com.

See what your agents left behind.

Scanning only reads, so you see everything Devbroom finds before you decide anything. Devbroom is free, and Pro features are on for the first 14 days.

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