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DevCleaner 1.8.0 - now cleans up your AI coding tools too

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DevCleaner is a macOS menu bar app that finds and clears the gigabytes your dev tools quietly hoard - build caches, logs, temp files, old SDKs. Version 1.8.0 is our biggest scanner expansion yet, built around how developers actually work in 2026.

🏠 AI coding tools, covered. New scanners for Claude Code (telemetry, backups, memory logs), Cursor CLI (browser logs, AI tracking, project metadata, saved plans), Codex CLI, and Cline - the tools flooding your home folder with data you never asked to keep.

📚 Deeper IDE cleanup. JetBrains IDEs now cover Application Support caches, logs, and search indexes. Android Studio adds SDK download staging and emulator/system-image cleanup. Plus a new Developer Logs scanner spanning Simulator, Xcode, Docker, Homebrew, VS Code, and Node.js.

🔧 Xcode & Android go deeper. Component download staging, internal dt.Xcode caches, simulator caches, Gradle daemon logs, and SDK download intermediates.

🦀 Rust, Go & Flutter. Registry sources, rustup temp files, linter caches, and Dart's analysis server cache all get picked up.

💿 A proper installer. The .dmg now has a custom DevCleaner-branded background instead of a bare Finder window.

If your Mac is full of "developer tools" you can't explain, DevCleaner is built to find out why. Free to try, Pro from $9.99/year or $29 lifetime for first 50 early birds.

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AI tools really are the new gigabyte hoarders. 😭 Had no idea Claude Code and Cursor were piling up so much junk in the background. Love that you're tackling this. Congrats on the launch!

 Thanks! Yeah, AI tooling is quietly one of the worst offenders - Claude Code, Cursor, Ollama models… it adds up fast and most cleaners don’t even look there. Glad it resonated. If you try DevCleaner, curious what it finds on your machine 👀

Will definitely give it a spin! Reclaiming space from heavy AI caches is such a lifesaver.

I like that DevCleaner now supports modern coding tools. Have you considered showing safe cleanup previews first to build more user confidence?

 DevCleaner's support for various developer tools is constantly expanding, and I'd be happy to add anything else that might be useful to you. And regarding your question: The "review before deletion" feature to build trust is already implemented, if we're talking about the same thing.

Nice idea. Does it support cleaning caches for Docker, Node.js and Android Studio as well?

Yes. DevCleaner supports all three.

Docker: cleans via Docker CLI (images/containers/build cache; volumes are optional/clearly marked).
Node.js: npm/Yarn/pnpm caches + related Node clutter (and we now cover more of the ~/.npm bits too).
Android Studio: Gradle caches/logs + Android Studio caches, with bigger items (AVD/system images/SDK components) treated as opt‑in since they can be large and more disruptive.