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...It aims to consolidate the functionality of multiple popular Mac utilities—cleaners, uninstallers, disk analyzers, and system tuners—into a single open-source binary. From the command line, you can scan and remove large caches, logs, temporary files, browser remnants, and other junk that quietly accumulates over time. Mole’s smart uninstall mode walks the filesystem to remove not just an application bundle, but also associated caches, preferences, launch agents, logs, and other leftovers in more than twenty locations. ...

Linutil from Chris Titus Tech's Linux Toolbox is a distro-agnostic Linux toolbox written in Rust, designed to simplify everyday setup and maintenance tasks across distributions. From installing popular applications to optimizing performance and desktop configurations, Linutil offers a unified interface and modular system. It can be installed via curl script, Cargo, AUR, or distribution packages, making it accessible on Arch, OpenSUSE, and beyond.

OSX-Optimizer is a collection of shell-based tweaks for macOS designed to speed up boot time, improve perceived performance, and reduce unnecessary background activity, especially in virtualized environments. The README emphasizes that macOS can be heavily modified using the defaults command, and many of the optimizations are simply well-chosen combinations of defaults and system utilities. It shows how to capture and compare system preferences before and after GUI changes (using defaults read and diff) so that users can understand which keys to automate. The script collection includes aggressive adjustments like skipping the GUI login screen, enabling performance mode via NVRAM flags, and disabling large wallpapers and visual effects to reduce graphical overhead. ...