lajosdeme / xcclear

Simple and easy to use command line application written in Go for cleaning unnecessary XCode files.

xcclear

Say hello to a few extra gigabytes of space on your Mac with xcclear, a simple and easy to use command line application written in Go for cleaning unnecessary XCode files.

Installation

brew install lajosdeme/utils/xcclear

Screenshots

Run xcclear -d to diagnose your storage:

Run xcclear -p to purge all unwanted files from your storage:

Options

flag	type	description
-d/--diagnose	bool	Diagnose the total space occupied by derived data, caches and other XCode related files.
-p/--purge	bool	Clean all caches/unnecessary files.
-c/--clear	string	Clean only the specified directories. Options can be: - derived: Derived Data. - device: iOS DeviceSupport (The latest iOS version will be kept.) - watch: watchOS DeviceSupport - simulator: 'CoreSimulator' - cache: Xcode caches located at ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.dt.Xcode - archives: Archives
-v/--version	bool	Get the current version.

Development

Compiling from source

go get github.com/lajosdeme/xcclear

If $GOPATH/bin is on your $PATH run xcclear -h to see usage options.

Contributing

If you have any suggestions or questions feel free to raise an issue or reach out to me directly via [e-mail].

If this tool made your life easier you can thank me by buying me a coffee.