Features
The map
- A bloom for every disk: folders become rings, sized by the space they really use. Hover to see what's big,
click to dig in, drag to clear.
- Fast: a whole startup disk in about 12 seconds. Folders are read in parallel, straight from the disk, about
4× faster than
du in Terminal.
- Live updates: the map follows your files as they change; only changed folders are re-read.
- Remembers scans: reopen the last result instantly.
- Quick Look: press Space to preview any file.
Find the missing gigabytes
- Deep Scan (Admin): see folders normal apps can't open: other users' home folders, protected system areas.
- System Data, explained: the mystery category, folder by folder.
- Hidden space: snapshots, purgeable space and other volumes, shown instead of left unexplained.
- Available (incl. purgeable): know what macOS can reclaim by itself.
- Accurate sizes: real space on disk, hard links counted once.
Safe by design
- Waste bin: drag anything big in, review sizes and paths, put back anything. Nothing is deleted until you empty
it, and it goes to the Trash first.
- System files can't go in at all.
- Not a cleaner: no magic button. You decide what goes, so it's the big files you don't need, not caches that grow
right back.
And
- Every disk: internal or external, SSD or USB stick, network share, disk image, Time Machine.
- Export to CSV: take the numbers to a spreadsheet.
- Light and dark: follows your Mac, or pick one.
- 18 languages: from Arabic to Ukrainian.
- Free: no trial, no account, no ads.
Download
- Download
DiskGarden.dmg (always the latest version) or get it from
diskgarden.app/download.
- Open it and drag DiskGarden to Applications.
- Open DiskGarden and pick a disk to scan.
- Optional: grant Full Disk Access (System Settings → Privacy & Security) so it can see every folder.
DiskGarden is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple. The download page lists the SHA-256 checksum of the
current version.
Updating
DiskGarden checks for updates by itself and installs them when you restart it (Restart to Update). You can also
use DiskGarden → Check for Updates….
Build from source
app/ holds a basic version of DiskGarden in SwiftUI: pick a folder, see what's inside it by size, double-click a
folder to dig in. It needs Xcode 16 or later (Swift 6). Full source code coming soon.
cd app
swift run
Requirements
- macOS 15 Sequoia or later
- Apple silicon or Intel Mac
Privacy
Your files and scans never leave your Mac. There's no account. DiskGarden only checks for updates and sends crash
reports. Details: diskgarden.app/privacy.
Support
Questions, bugs or ideas: support page or
[email protected].
The website
The website, diskgarden.app, lives in this repository too: plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript
in website/, plus one build script that bakes shared parts (head, header, footer, release facts, sitemap) into the
pages and generates the 17 translated versions. Published to GitHub Pages by
.github/workflows/pages.yml on every push to main.
python3 scripts/build-website.py # after any edit
cd website && python3 -m http.server 8000 # preview at http://localhost:8000
Details — pages, SEO, languages, releases: docs/WEBSITE.md.
