Project Overview
Mole is a popular open-source macOS and Windows system cleaner CLI (Shell/PowerShell) with 49K+ GitHub stars, serving as a free alternative to CleanMyMac and DaisyDisk. It deep-cleans browser caches, GPU shader caches, CRX extensions, and unused app data to free significant disk space. My contributions include PR #637 (merged) adding 89 lines of deep Brave Browser cleanup — cache, GPU cache, shader cache, and CRX cleanup support — PR #636 (merged) fixing a hardcoded Windows version fallback to 1.29.1, and PR #670 (submitted) adding missing shader and Dawn cache cleanup paths for Chrome.
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49K+ GitHub stars — widely used macOS/Windows system cleaner
PR #637 (merged): deep Brave Browser cleanup — cache, GPU, shader, CRX
PR #636 (merged): fix hardcoded Windows version fallback to 1.29.1
PR #670 (submitted): missing shader and Dawn cache cleanup for Chrome
Shell + PowerShell scripts for cross-platform deep cleaning
Free open-source alternative to CleanMyMac and DaisyDisk
Challenges & Solutions
Understanding Brave Browser internal cache path structure across macOS versions
Ensuring cleanup scripts are safe and idempotent (no data loss)
Cross-platform testing macOS vs Windows path conventions
What I Learned
Contributing to large open-source projects with strict code review
Shell scripting patterns for reliable file system operations
macOS application data directory conventions
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