Tellak scrubs out caches, junk and the gigabytes you forgot about — the way a hamam attendant does it: no stain, no trace, no noise left behind. Native. Open source. Yours.
Tellak scans, lays out everything it found one by one, and waits for your go-ahead. Not a single file is deleted until you say so.
Caches, logs and leftover build artifacts — laid out in front of you, sized, and reviewed before a single byte is removed.
A live map of what's filling your SSD, drilling all the way down to the individual file.
Drag an app in and its preferences, caches and login items go with it. No orphans left behind.
See everything that quietly fires up the moment you log in — and silence it.
Compares byte for byte — finds the real copies you forgot you ever made, not just files with the same name.
Empties the trash on every mounted volume in one clean sweep.
Reclaim idle memory and let your system breathe — without closing a single thing.
Browser traces, recent-file lists and chat logs — wiped on your terms, not theirs.
Tellak's main screen — everything in front of you the moment the scan finishes.
They want a subscription, run a service in the background, and push you to make an account. Tellak does its job and leaves — no money, no account.
| Tellak | The bloated alternative | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, forever | ~$40 / year |
| Download size | 4.2 MB | 300 MB+ |
| Background processes | None | Always-on helpers |
| Account required | Never | Sign-up wall |
| Source code | Open (MIT) | Closed |
| Telemetry | Zero | “Anonymous usage” |
| Built with | Rust + native APIs | Web stack / Electron |
Every line is on GitHub. No hidden network traffic, no surprises.
The story is simple: my Mac filled up, and the fixes were either expensive or bloated. So I sat down and wrote my own. If you write code, you can read it; if you don’t, you can just enjoy the result.
