CleanMyLinux: Reclaim Space. Keep Control.

Hello makers , I’m Joy, developer at @CleanMyLinux . We’re a small team of Linux users who built a privacy-first, on-device AI cleaner that helps you declutter systems safely and confidently.

Problem we saw :
Linux systems collect cruft: build caches, orphaned packages, unused apps, stale configs. Existing “cleaners” were either heavy-handed or opaque, and many users are understandably anxious about accidentally removing something critical.

What CleanMyLinux solves :
CleanMyLinux helps you reclaim space and tidy your system while minimizing risk. It scans your system, flags likely-unused items, explains why they were flagged, groups suggestions by risk, and shows an exact preview before any removal. Everything is reversible, we create snapshots and keep an undo staging area.

How it works (brief) :

• Lightweight on-device ML + deterministic heuristics scan your system and generate explainable recommendations.

• The Rust backend performs scanning and safe removals; the UI (Tauri + React) presents results with clear explanations and confidence scores.

• Models and inference live locally — no file metadata leaves your machine.

Key features :

• Safe Scan: one-click, low-friction results.

• Explainable suggestions: “why” and confidence for each item.

• Conservative defaults + Expert Mode: safe for novices, powerful for experts.

• Reversible operations: snapshots and an Undo/Restore UI.

• Audit logs & exportable reports for troubleshooting.

Why we think it matters :
System maintenance should feel empowering, not risky. By designing around explainability and reversibility — and by keeping ML local — we reduce the main psychological blockers to adoption: fear and privacy concerns.

Privacy & safety commitments :

• All ML runs on-device.

• Minimal permissions requested; enumerated at onboarding.

• Signed releases and checksums.

• Opt-in telemetry only, and never without explicit consent.

Roadmap highlights :

• CLI/headless mode for automation and servers.

• Tighter package-manager integrations and safe reinstallation hints.

• Opt-in community labeling to improve classifier recall.

Try it out :

• Try it : cleanmylinux.com/

• Github : github.com/Better-Linux/CleanMyLinux

Thanks for checking us out, I’d love to hear what you think, what surprised you about your scan, and what you’d want automated/safe-by default vs. what you want behind an expert toggle. Happy to answer technical questions or walk through the restore flow.

— Joy (developer at @CleanMyLinux )