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Downsweep
Sweep installers, duplicates & stale files from Downloads
Downsweep is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that clears your Downloads folder: installers for apps you already have, byte-for-byte duplicates and files you forgot. Everything goes to the Trash and can be undone. No analytics, no accounts.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Ghali, and I built Downsweep because my Downloads folder had turned into a graveyard: .dmg files for apps I installed months ago, duplicate PDFs, and screenshots I never opened again.
I didn't want another cleaner that nukes things, so Downsweep only suggests. It looks for four kinds of clutter:
📦 Installers for apps that are already installed
🧬 Duplicates, verified byte-for-byte
🧭 Files sorted into folders by where they came from (mail.google.com, github.com…)
⏳ Stale files: unopened for 30 days, tagged "Stale" in Finder first
You can Sweep All from the menu bar or go through every suggestion in the Review window. Nothing is ever deleted: everything goes to the Trash and can be undone from History. It only looks at the top level of Downloads, re-checks each file before acting, and your files never leave your Mac.
It's free and MIT licensed, for macOS 26 Tahoe:
brew install --cask muhghazaliakbar/tap/downsweep
One heads-up: it isn't notarized yet, so the first launch needs System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
I'd love to hear what kind of clutter you'd want it to catch next 🙏
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About Downsweep on Product Hunt
“Sweep installers, duplicates & stale files from Downloads”
Downsweep was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #117 on the daily leaderboard. Downsweep is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that clears your Downloads folder: installers for apps you already have, byte-for-byte duplicates and files you forgot. Everything goes to the Trash and can be undone. No analytics, no accounts.
Downsweep was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Open Source (68.9k followers), GitHub (41.4k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 59.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Downsweep?
Downsweep was hunted by Muh Ghazali Akbar. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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