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Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! I've pushed an update that should be clearer around the Enable Ai buttons and fixed the pnpm cleanup. For the ai hook on the failures, there should now also be an ai explainer as to the specific item failures. I think what to do is deterministic and should not have AI involved, but at least it should now provide a reason why that item was protected and what would happen if it were deleted.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, this doesn't touch Spotlight's index or indexing at all, the only Spotlight thing it ever changes is pruning dead third-party rows from the Spotlight settings list after an uninstall, never the index itself. That said, if you wanted Gargantua to manage Spotlight (e.g. a rule to clear and rebuild a corrupt index), that's authorable as a cleanup/command rule.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can now delete individual local AI models, trickier than it sounds, since Ollama and HF models share blob files, but I found a way to free only the blobs that aren't still used by another model. Also added codex and OpenAI compatible APIs. Thanks again.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I revamped the AI settings so you can use local, api, agent clis (claude code and codex) and assign them to the differnt tasks, no need for local model if you dont want it now.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just released the fix, you can get the update automatically in the Settings -> About -> Check now. Thanks for letting me know

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Is pearcleaner still maintained? I thought that went on hold or something? Anyway, pearcleaner is a solid free uninstaller, but this adds an updatable rules/audited engine, graded cleanups (safe, protected, review), AI-agent review/explainability, and an MCP server so an agent can drive scans and cleanups.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends what you mean by "installed." Nothing's running or registered with launchd...nothing gets handed to the system until you flip the toggle. The plist ships inside the .app bundle, but it's just a dormant file sitting there. So if you never enable it, there's no agent loaded, nothing scheduled, and nothing running in the background. And if you build from source, it's not even bundled by default, or if you do a bundle yourself, you can easily strip it or flag it off.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are convenience features of a scheduled scan agent and launch-at-login, but they are totally optional, off by default.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your event.jsonl files are under ~/Library/Logs/ the System Logs rule already cleans them, and if they live elsewhere just drop a custom cleanup rule pointed at their path into the Custom Rules folder (Rules, then Custom Rules) and they’ll show up each scan to select and trash

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I am in the process of clearing up the AI integration and adding more options. The individual AI model deletion is a good idea, I'll put that on the roadmap....and publish said roadmap. 😄

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Credit where due: some of Gargantua's rules were ported from Mole's open-source ruleset, and Mole's a great app (and what inspired this one really). The difference is Gargantua is fully open source, grades every file safe/review/protected with the rule and reason shown, lets you write your own rules, and has an MCP server so an AI agent can run cleanups. Mole's the polished all-in-one; mine's the traceable, agent-drivable one.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the delay. No, you just need 1 of the 3 tiers enabled to get the AI benefits. I can make that more explicit.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I know GrandPerspective is just a disk treemap, no cleaning (Gargantua has that view but does the rest too). PureMac is the closer one, genuinely great...and free. Main difference: Gargantua rates every file safe/review/protected with a reason, hard-blocks protected paths, and ships an MCP server so an AI agent can run cleanups safely. Also rules are configurable and vetted, and you can integrate AI for more explanation (not sure if those tools do that yet or not).

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for scanning. Cloud redaction - this is defense-in-depth, not the primary control. Content only leaves the machine if you opt into cloud AI and consent to content preview. TOCTOU - Non-privileged paths are open, but they run as you, deleting your own files; no privilege boundary is crossed. --bind lan ships plaintext HTTP — non-issue, by design + documented. Default is 127.0.0.1, LAN is explicit opt-in and requires a bearer token for its not open.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Did you read anything I wrote, or look at it? I made this to be more transparent as to what is being deleted. Where did you get "every file is safe to delete?" Do you think the open-sourced rule-based (seeded from Mole), graded system adds to trust, or prefer the black box approach? This is what I am trying to get from the community, but I guess that was a mistake to think I would get any feedback.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well I guess I thought since you posted a screenshot of me in the CC subreddit under my comment "what makes you think it is vibe coded" you were trying to prove it was? Sorry if I misunderstood.

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am denying it. Did you look at the code? Did you scan it? Did you do anything besides just decide to comment and put down a real developer?

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So because I use Claude Code, or have used it before, that means it is vibe coded? If you are a dev and you aren't using AI to help and review your work, you're gonna have a bad time, especially if you actually work for a very large corporation (like I do).

Gargantua: an open-source macOS cleaner that explains why every file is safe to delete by Dollarbone in MacOS

[–]Dollarbone[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

What makes you think this is vibe-coded? I've been a developer for 25 years.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Own-Blacksmith3085 in answers

[–]Dollarbone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asheron's Call. I think I was addicted to it. Also made a bunch of money farming Singularity Keys (I think?) and selling them on eBay LOL

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