DropSweep

A tidier Downloads folder. Right from your menu bar.
A small, native macOS app that groups download clutter and moves it to the Trash.

Download for macOS  ·  Website  ·  Development

Less clutter, a clearer overview

See what has piled up in Downloads, choose the categories to clear, and move your selection to the Trash when you’re ready.

	What DropSweep does
Always within reach	A compact menu bar interface without another window on your desktop.
Clutter, grouped	Installers, archives, PDFs, screenshots, images, folders, and other files, with item counts and sizes.
Your selection, remembered	Choose categories with checkboxes or Select All / Deselect All. Your choices are saved across app restarts.
Find the largest clutter	Sort categories by size in either direction, or keep the default category order. Your sort choice is saved too.
Recoverable cleanup	Confirm before moving selected items to the macOS Trash, where they remain recoverable until you empty it.
Ready when you are	Optional launch at login and built-in update checks.

Get started

Requires macOS 26 or later.

1. Download the latest version from GitHub Releases.
2. Unzip the downloaded archive.
3. Move DropSweep.app to your Applications folder and open it.

Open DropSweep from the menu bar to review your Downloads. Use the category checkboxes or Select All / Deselect All to choose what to clear, review the selected count and size, then choose Move Selection to Trash and confirm. All categories are selected on first launch; later launches restore your saved selection.

Your files stay on your Mac

DropSweep scans your Downloads folder locally and does not upload file names or contents. Network access is only used to check for and download app updates through Sparkle.

Cleanup is limited to selected items in Downloads. Hidden items directly in Downloads and entries ending in .crdownload, .download, .part, .partial, .opdownload, or .filepart are skipped, case-insensitively. This filename filter does not detect every active download. A selected folder moves with all its contents, including hidden files and incomplete downloads. See scanning behavior and limitations.

Development

macOS app

Development requires Xcode 26.

Open the project in Xcode and run the DropSweep scheme:

open DropSweep.xcodeproj

The native app uses Swift 6, SwiftUI, AppKit, and Observation. Its source is in DropSweep/, with feature behavior and acceptance criteria in docs/features/.

For signed builds, follow the local signing setup. To build without signing:

xcodebuild -project DropSweep.xcodeproj -scheme DropSweep CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO build

See the implementation reference for more project context.

Run the native Swift Testing suites with Product → Test (⌘U) in Xcode, or:

xcodebuild -project DropSweep.xcodeproj -scheme DropSweep -destination 'platform=macOS' CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO test

See the testing guide for coverage, temporary-file fixtures, and how to add tests.

Website

The DropSweep website is developed separately in website/. Its Next.js application code is located in website/app/, with the landing page in website/app/page.tsx.

Requires Node.js 24 or later. To run the website locally:

cd website
npm install
npm run dev

The development server is available at http://localhost:3000. See the website README for the available scripts and deployment details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please keep changes focused and see CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. Report security issues privately as described in SECURITY.md.

License

DropSweep is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.