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🧹 Effortlessly clear heavy temp folders — safely, fast, and with full control.
clearrr is a simple but powerful CLI tool to find and remove large build and cache folders like node_modules, .venv, __pycache__, dist, build, .next — freeing gigabytes of disk space across all your projects.
It’s safe by default:
- Dry-run by default: Nothing is deleted unless you confirm.
- Presets for Node.js, Python, or all.
- Runs anywhere with npx.
npx clearrr [dir] [--preset=node|python|php|rust|all] [--confirm]
- 🗂️ Recursively finds temp folders under any path
- 🔒 Dry-run by default — see what will be deleted & how much space you’ll free
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- ⚙️ Presets for Node, Python, PHP, and Rust projects, or all
- ⚡️ Fast — powered by fast-glob
- 🧩 Custom patterns — override with your own
- 🧹 Safe — never touches .git, source files, or config folders
You can run with npx — no install needed.
Or install globally for daily use:
Dry-run example (default) Check what would be deleted for Node projects:
npx clearrr ./my-monorepo --preset=node
Actually delete (must confirm) Delete safely with --confirm:
npx clearrr ./my-monorepo --preset=node --confirm
Python project example:
npx clearrr ./my-data-scripts --preset=python --confirm
Custom patterns:
npx clearrr . --patterns="node_modules,dist,build,.cache" --confirm
| node | node_modules, .next, .nuxt, .turbo, .parcel-cache, .cache, dist, build |
| python | venv, .venv, __pycache__, .mypy_cache, .pytest_cache, build, dist, .tox |
| php | vendor |
| rust | target |
| all (default) | Everything in node + python + php + rust |
- ✅ Dry-run by default — nothing is deleted unless --confirm is set.
- ✅ Does not touch .git, .vscode, .idea, or any source folders.
- ✅ Reports total disk space to free up before deletion.
| [dir] | Root folder to scan | . (current) |
| --preset | node, python, php, rust, or all | all |
| --patterns | Override preset with custom comma-list | — |
| --dry-run | Explicit dry-run | true |
| --confirm | Actually delete matched folders | false |
| --[no-]recursive | Enable/disable recursive search | true |
🧹 clearrr preset: node
📂 Searching in: /Users/you/Developer
🧩 Patterns: node_modules,.next,.nuxt,.turbo,.parcel-cache,.cache,dist,build
[dry-run] Would delete: /Users/you/Developer/project1/node_modules (242.3 MB)
[dry-run] Would delete: /Users/you/Developer/project2/.next (58.1 MB)
✅ Would free approximately 300.4 MB.
💡 To confirm deletion, re-run with --confirm
