install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install mole

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install mole

MacPorts ports tree · net/mole/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#mole

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mo/mole/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Deep clean and optimize your Mac

Project links

Commands and aliases

mo
mole

history

Project history and usage

Mole is a macOS cleanup and maintenance tool published under the tw93/Mole GitHub project. Its README presents the CLI as free and open source and describes it as a terminal tool for cleaning, uninstalling, analyzing, optimizing, and monitoring a Mac. The same project links a native Mole for Mac app that adds visual cleanup review, app updates, uninstall workflows, maintenance tools, disk maps, live status, and a menu-bar HUD.

Project history

The tool's practical role is in the Mac utility niche usually occupied by GUI cleaners and uninstallers. Mole's README explicitly compares its feature set to CleanMyMac, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk, and iStat Menus: cache and log removal, orphaned app data cleanup, application uninstall plus launch agents and hidden remnants, disk-usage inspection, cache rebuilding, service refreshes, and live CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network stats.

How it is used

Package-manager adoption is macOS-focused. Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix carry it as a command-line utility, while the upstream project separates the free CLI from the paid native app. Public source-backed history beyond the repository and product site is thin, so this entry treats Mole as a young package-manager-visible Mac maintenance utility rather than making claims about its origin story or broader adoption.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mole. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 4 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mo`	cli	global executable
`mole`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.44.1

manager updated2026-06-29

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/tw93/Mole

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tw93/Molenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mole
Version	1.44.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mole
Homepage	https://mole.fit
Repository	https://github.com/tw93/Mole
Upstream docs	https://github.com/tw93/Mole#readme
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/tw93/Mole/archive/refs/tags/V1.44.1.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-29T04:35:03Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mole
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Requirements	macos
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

mole

nix profile install nixpkgs#mole

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mole

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mole/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

mole

sudo port install mole

normalized package name match
Matched by: Mole

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/mole/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Nix92%

mo

nix profile install nixpkgs#mo

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Mo

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mo/mo/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/mole.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install mole with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix