Worktree Cleaner is a free, open-source, lightweight native macOS app for safely cleaning up Git worktrees across projects.
See what is safe to remove, reclaim disk space, and keep branches and uncommitted work protected.
Download Worktree Cleaner 0.1.2
- 🧹 Reclaim disk space safely. Remove eligible worktrees individually or in a batch without deleting their Git branches.
- 🛡️ Know what is safe to remove. See uncommitted changes, merge state, locks, missing directories, and disk usage with a clear recommendation.
- 🕒 Find older worktrees quickly. See the latest commit time and sort by commit time, disk usage, branch, or full path.
- ☑️ Select a range. Shift-click checkboxes to select or deselect a range, automatically skipping worktrees that cannot be cleaned up.
- 🔍 Recursive discovery. Add one or more scan directories and automatically find the Git repositories and worktrees inside them.
- 🪶 Lightweight native app. A signed and notarized universal macOS app, distributed as a drag-to-install DMG.
- 🧰 Repair stale registrations. Clean up Git records when a worktree directory
or its
.gitlink is missing, preserving existing files and branches.
- State is rechecked immediately before removal.
- Worktrees are never force-removed, and branches are never deleted.
- Main, dirty, and locked worktrees are blocked.
- A clean unmerged worktree can be removed when its branch keeps the commits reachable. An unmerged detached HEAD is blocked until you create a branch.
Download the signed and notarized Worktree Cleaner 0.1.2 DMG.
Open it, drag WorktreeCleaner.app onto the Applications shortcut, then
launch the app from Applications and eject the disk image.
Requires macOS 14 or later and Git at /usr/bin/git.
- Add one or more directories containing Git projects.
- Select a project and review its worktrees and recommendations.
- Click Last Commit, Disk Usage, Branch, or Path to sort; click again to reverse the order. The default is oldest commit first.
- Select eligible worktrees with the checkboxes. Hold Shift while clicking another checkbox to select or deselect the range, then clean up individually or in a batch.
Last Commit shows the current HEAD commit's committer time in your local time zone. Uncommitted file edits do not change this time. The main worktree stays first when sorting, and unknown dates or disk sizes stay last.
Scanning is read-only. Files change only after you explicitly confirm cleanup.