lazyprune

A TUI tool to find and delete heavy cache/dependency directories (node_modules, Pods, .gradle, target/, etc.) across your machine.

Scans from $HOME by default, shows results in real-time, and lets you interactively select what to delete with vim-style keybindings.

Install

cargo install lazyprune

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/ThibaultJRD/lazyprune.git
cd lazyprune
cargo install --path .

Usage

lazyprune                            # Scan from $HOME
lazyprune ~/Develop                  # Scan a specific directory
lazyprune -t / --target node_modules # Only look for node_modules
lazyprune -d / --dry-run             # Print results to stdout, no TUI
lazyprune -H / --hidden              # Also scan hidden directories (e.g. ~/.cache)
lazyprune -D / --dir vendor          # Scan for arbitrary directory names (ad-hoc)
lazyprune --init-config              # Generate config at ~/.config/lazyprune/config.toml

Keybindings

Config

Default targets are built-in. Override with ~/.config/lazyprune/config.toml:

root = "~"
skip = [".Trash", "Library", "Applications", ".local/share/Steam", ".rustup", ".cargo", ".nvm", ".volta", ".asdf", ".cocoapods", ".pub-cache", ".m2", ".docker", ".orbstack"]

[[targets]]
name = "node_modules"
dirs = ["node_modules"]
indicator = "package.json"

[[targets]]
name = "Pods"
dirs = ["Pods"]
indicator = "Podfile"

Each target has:

• dirs -- directory names to look for
• indicator (optional) -- a file that must exist in the parent to confirm it's a real target (avoids false positives, e.g. a random build/ folder that isn't Gradle)

Default targets: node_modules, Pods, .gradle/build, .pnpm-store, .yarn/cache, .next, .nuxt, target (Rust), dist.

How it works

• Walks the filesystem using the ignore crate (from ripgrep)
• Computes directory sizes in parallel with rayon
• Skips hidden directories unless they match a target
• Never follows symlinks
• Deletion requires explicit confirmation

License

MIT