Install rmrfrs with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

• rmrfrs

Project history

Triet Trinh developed rmrfrs as a Rust filesystem-cleaning utility. The project grew into a workspace containing a command-line program, reusable library, and user-interface component.

The official README documents support for more than 20 project structures, including Cargo, CMake, Composer, Gradle, Maven, Node, Python, Swift, Unity, Unreal Engine, Zig, and .NET projects.

Adoption history

rmrfrs is published as a Rust crate and packaged by Homebrew. These channels make the standalone binary available without requiring users to build a repository checkout manually.

How it is used

Users run rmrfrs with one or more directories, or omit them to scan the current directory. It recursively detects supported project structures, estimates reclaimable space, and requests confirmation before cleaning unless automatic mode is selected.

Options can ignore directories, restrict traversal to one filesystem, follow symbolic links, generate shell completions, or clean only artifacts older than a specified duration.

Why package nerds care

rmrfrs automates a familiar developer-maintenance task: finding regenerated or disposable build artifacts across heterogeneous source trees. Its recognition of more than 20 project types lets one cleanup command operate across polyglot development directories.

Timeline

• 2024: Public development of rmrfrs began.
• 2025: The project expanded its supported project types and reached the 0.8 release line.

Related projects

• rmrfrs operates across build ecosystems including Cargo, CMake, Gradle, Maven, Node, Python, Swift, Unity, Unreal Engine, Zig, and .NET, removing their recognizable disposable artifacts rather than serving one language exclusively.

Sources

• https://github.com/trinhminhtriet/rmrfrs
• https://github.com/trinhminhtriet/rmrfrs#readme