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Sponsor Tidymint
Tidymint is free and will stay free. Sponsoring is optional and unlocks nothing extra.
Open for sponsorship
Sponsor through GitHub Sponsors, monthly or once, any amount from $1. The goal is $12 a month, enough to cover the Apple Developer account and the domain each year.
Where the money goes
- The Apple Developer account, $99 a year. With it, Apple verifies the app: new users download it and it just opens, no trip to Settings > Security.
- Faster updates. A verified app can update itself, so you no longer download each new version by hand.
- Anything left over pays for the tidymint.app domain and time spent on new versions.
Ways to help that cost nothing
- Star it on GitHub. Stars help strangers trust the app the first time they see it.
- Report a bug or suggest something. Open an issue on GitHub, or use Contact inside the app.
- Send it to someone who needs it. One friend complaining about a full Mac is enough.
- Suggest an app to clean. Open an issue on GitHub with the app name and the folder that takes up space. Tidymint measures it on a real Mac before adding it.
Star on GitHubReport a bug on GitHub
What Tidymint promises
- No ads, no paid tier that locks features.
- Sponsors and non-sponsors use the same app.
- Each year we publish what came in and where it went.
Doing it by hand vs. Tidymint
| By hand | Tidymint | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Open hidden folders one by one, type Terminal commands | One scan, results grouped by size |
| The big picture | You see one folder at a time | Space Lens shows the whole drive and the heaviest folders |
| Understanding your Mac | Cryptic folder names like Caches and DerivedData | Plain-language notes for common folders |
| No accidental deletes | A wrong delete is gone for good | Safe items pre-selected, the rest left to you, always to the Trash first, with Undo |
| Cost | Free, but it takes time | Free and open source |
Clean your Mac for free
Tidymint is free and open source. Everything always goes to the Trash first, so you stay in control.
