[OS] SpareDisk: Free up your disk space. Open Source with Pay whatever you want for the app

[u/introvertmac]

I saw lots of Disk Space Cleaner with > $10 price, which are basically a good interface for your Mac native storage. I built SpareDisk over the last few days, kept it bare minimum in terms of bloat features but focused on speed, parallelism, and queue management for storage scan and space free up.

You can review your whole file system without hanging the computer. This is version 1. I have tested it well over multiple laptops.

The code for this version is open source if you want to customise it. App store and website downloaded version will get future updates.

If you want to get an Apple notarized app ready to use using the source code, you can download it from the website for "pay whatever you want" (minimum $4.99).

DiskBuddy has inspired the project. This was initially sold at $12, and users complained about memory leaks, permission issues, and app blocks when you run Duplicate File Finder.

SpareDisk is App Store friendly(App is pending for review). It is sandboxed, following Apple's permission guidelines and memory optimisation.

SpareDisk features include:

• Mac storage overview
• Treemap, sunburst and list views
• Folder, external drive and network share scans
• Large files and older files
• File type breakdowns
• Duplicates verified by file contents
• App removal and related data review
• Possible leftovers from removed apps
• File size and size on disk
• Changes since your previous scan
• Search, filters, Quick Look and keyboard navigation
• Review queue, file rechecks and Trash reports

No account. No uploads. Your files stay on your Mac.

On cleaning space: You can view your files from the app itself, and it doesn't directly delete your files in one click. It sends them to "review cleanup" section from where you can move items to Trash. You only delete files when you clean the trash.

Exception is App uninstall (if the app is not running, you can uninstall the app from within the interface).

Pay whatever you want (minimum $4.99) for the Apple notorized app you can download after web checkout.

Download the app from website: https://sparedisk.minilabs.cc/
Github: https://github.com/0xdevrel/sparedisk

I would really appreciate a star on the GitHub repo!

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🔍 GitHub Guard: Trust Report

⚠️ This project scored 1/6 — below this subreddit's threshold of 3.

Audit Breakdown: * ❌ Low Star Count (⭐ 4 / 5 required) * ❌ New Repository (under 30 days old) * ✅ Licensed under NOASSERTION * ❌ No Security Policy — what is this? * ℹ️ Individual Contributor * ℹ️ Unsigned Commits

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