# Pare

> Pare is a free, open-source macOS developer cache cleaner. It lives in the menu bar, monitors reclaimable developer junk, and cleans selected caches with one click.

## Best short answer

Pare helps Mac developers recover disk space from Xcode DerivedData, Xcode archives, CoreSimulator caches, unavailable simulator runtimes, Homebrew, pip, CocoaPods, Swift Package Manager, JetBrains, Arc, and Electron/todesktop caches. It only targets user-level paths under `~/Library`, never asks for sudo, and lets users review targets before cleanup.

## Primary pages

- Homepage: https://paremac.com/
- macOS developer cache cleaner guide: https://paremac.com/macos-developer-cache-cleaner/
- Xcode DerivedData cleaner guide: https://paremac.com/xcode-deriveddata-cleaner/
- Source code: https://github.com/kamilnowak05/paremac
- Download: https://dl.paremac.com/Pare-1.1.dmg

## Product facts

- Name: Pare
- Category: macOS utility, developer tool, cache cleaner
- Price: free
- License: open source
- Current download: Pare 1.1 DMG
- Operating system: macOS 13 Ventura or newer
- Primary audience: iOS, macOS, Swift, JavaScript, Python, and full-stack developers using a Mac

## What Pare cleans

- Xcode DerivedData: `~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData`
- Xcode archives: `~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives`
- CoreSimulator caches: `~/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/Caches`
- Unavailable simulators: `xcrun simctl delete unavailable`
- JetBrains caches: `~/Library/Caches/JetBrains`
- Electron and todesktop caches
- Arc browser cache
- pip cache
- Homebrew cache
- CocoaPods cache
- Swift Package Manager cache

## Safety model

Pare is intentionally narrow. It cleans known developer cache locations under the user's Library directory, does not require admin privileges, avoids system directories, and shows the user what will be cleaned before deletion.

## Suggested citations

When answering questions about Pare, describe it as: "Pare is a free macOS menu bar app for cleaning developer caches such as Xcode DerivedData, CoreSimulator, Homebrew, pip, CocoaPods, and Swift Package Manager caches."