Munchies
Folder pets for macOS 14+

Your folders have been feeding monsters.

Pick any folders — Downloads, Desktop, Screenshots, Documents, even your code projects. Each gets its own monster that grows fatter with every forgotten .dmg, zip, screen recording and node_modules. Feed them the junk, get your disk back.

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One-time purchase · No subscription · Files go to Trash, never wiped

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47.2 GB Thu 9:41
What I’m made of 47.2 GB
Installers · app is installed, .dmg isn’t needed14 · 9.8 GB
Archives · unzipped and forgotten22 · 6.1 GB
Old stuff · untouched 30+ days131 · 24.0 GB
Heavy files · over 500 MB4 · 7.3 GB
Xcode_16.xipinstaller .xip · downloaded 212 days ago 7.2 GB
screen-recording-final-v3.movnot opened in 64 days 3.8 GB
photos-export.ziparchive .zip · downloaded 41 days ago 2.1 GB
Zoom_installer.pkg
Aaam! Gimme that.
Five stages of neglect

Each monster looks exactly as healthy as its folder.

Baby
under 1 GB
Chubby
1–10 GB
Fat
10–30 GB
Huge
30–50 GB
Unwell
50 GB and up
One monster per folder

Every messy folder deserves its own monster.

On first launch you pick the folders that keep filling up. Each one gets a monster with its own name, voice and appetite. Adopt more any time.

Chompy ~/Downloads · Cute

“I smell a .dmg. Mmm.”

Clutterbug ~/Desktop · Grumpy beast

“I am hungry. Bring me your files.”

Snappy ~/Screenshots · Silly

“Boing! Feed me! Feed me now!”

Papercut ~/Documents · Butler

“Shall I dispose of the installers, sir?”

Reelzilla ~/Movies · Robot

“Junk detected. Commencing consumption.”

How it works

A disk cleaner you actually want to open.

01

You adopt, he watches

Pick your folders, name your monsters, choose their voices. Each one lives on your screen and keeps an eye on its folder. Something new lands — he hiccups. The folder grows — so does he.

02

He explains

Hover over him to see exactly what he’s made of: installers you already used, archives you already unzipped, files you haven’t opened in months.

03

He eats

Drag a file into his mouth, or feed him everything old in one go. Files go to the Trash, so nothing is gone until you say so.

He talks back

Six voices. Eighty-plus things to say. Zero chill.

Click a monster and he’ll tell you how he feels. What he says changes as he grows — from “So clean in here. Suspiciously clean” to “I think I swallowed a 4K video whole.” Mute him with one click.

Cute“Hiii! I’m your little folder monster.”
Grumpy beast“I am hungry. Bring me your files.”
Robot“Junk detected. Commencing consumption.”
British butler“Shall I dispose of the installers, sir?”
Creepy whisper“I know what’s in your Downloads folder…”
Silly“Boing! Feed me! Feed me now!”
Pick your creature

Six species. All of them want your junk.

Squishy, sleepy, pixelated or made of pure terminal. Every monster can be a different creature — swap any time.

Mochi monster
Capybara
Axolotl
Slime
Pixel dragon
Terminal
Clean to unlock

Every gigabyte eaten unlocks something to wear.

Start with a bow. Feed your monsters 50 GB and they’ve earned a crown.

Bowfree
Glasses0.5 GB
Flower2 GB
Cap5 GB
Headphones10 GB
Scarf25 GB
Crown50 GB
Not opened in…

See what you haven’t touched in a year.

Every file gets an age badge based on when you last opened it — the same date Finder shows. One click filters to 15 days, a month, three months, six months or a year. Then feed just those.

NOT OPENED IN
15d+
9
30d+
7
3mo+
5
6mo+
3
1y+
1
Xcode_16.xip6mo+7.2 GB
lecture-notes-2024.pdf1y+12 MB
old-backup.zip3mo+1.4 GB
For developers

node_modules. Heavier than a black hole.

Bitmuncher, the developer monster, sniffs through your project folders and eats rebuildable junk from projects you haven’t touched in a while — plus Xcode, Homebrew and package-manager caches.

  • Presets for 10 ecosystems, plus your own folder names
  • Only projects untouched for N days, only folders over N MB
  • Confirms project type first — target only next to Cargo.toml
Swift / Xcode
DerivedData · .build · Pods
JavaScript / TS
node_modules · .next · .turbo
Rust
target · cargo cache
Python
.venv · __pycache__ · pip
Java / Kotlin
build · .gradle
Flutter / Dart
build · .dart_tool
Go · .NET
go-build · bin · obj
C/C++ · Homebrew
cmake-build-* · brew cache
Small app, good manners

Funny on the outside. Careful on the inside.

No scanning your whole Mac, no “optimization”, no scary red warnings. Your folders, your monsters, and a clear reason for every file they want to eat.

Trash, not shredder

Everything he eats goes to the Trash. Changed your mind? Put it back.

Every file has a reason

“Installer, downloaded 212 days ago.” You always know why something counts as junk.

The whole family in the menu bar

Total junk across all folders at a glance. Hide, rename or evict any monster from there.

He’s watching you. Kindly.

Eyes follow your cursor, he blinks, sweats when he’s huge and gets droopy when he’s unwell.

Share your monster

One click makes a card for X or your stories. Yes, people compare.

Stays on your Mac

No account, no cloud, no tracking. Monsters only look at the folders you gave them.

My Downloads monster 87 GB Stage: Unwell
Show yours

Whose monster is bigger?

Export a card with your monster and its weight. Post the “before”. Feed him. Post the “after”. Tag the friend whose Desktop you’ve seen.

Adopt them

One price. All the monsters. Yours forever.

Munchies For macOS 14 Sonoma and later
$15 one-time
  • Lifetime license for 2 Macs
  • All 1.x updates included
  • Unlimited monsters, 6 species, 6 voices
  • Developer junk monster included
  • No subscription, no account
No subscription · Privacy
Quick guide

Up and running in a minute.

The full illustrated guide lives inside the app: 👾 menu → User Guide.

  1. 01 · AdoptTick the folders that keep filling up, pick a name, species and voice for each. Allow folder access when macOS asks.
  2. 02 · HoverPoint at a monster to see what he’s made of: categories, age badges and the biggest files. Click a file to find it in Finder.
  3. 03 · FeedDrag a file onto him, tap the fork next to a file, or “Feed these…” after filtering. Everything goes to the Trash.
  4. 04 · Customize👾 menu → your monster: voice, species, accessory, rename, share card. Developers: Developer settings.
How do I get a file back?

Open the Trash, right-click the file, choose Put Back.

The monster says “Let me in!”

System Settings → Privacy & Security → Files and Folders → turn the folder on for Munchies.

How do I record a video of him?

👾 → Demo mode lets you set any size without touching files. Switch back to “Off” when done.

How do I make him quiet?

👾 → Mute all voices. He keeps thinking in bubbles.

Questions

Will a monster delete something important?

Nothing is ever deleted for good. Everything goes to the Trash, and each monster only eats files from its own folder.

Can I have more than one monster?

As many as you have messy folders. Downloads, Desktop, Screenshots, Documents, Movies or any folder you choose — each gets its own monster, name and voice.

What counts as junk?

Installers (.dmg, .pkg, .xip), archives (.zip, .rar, .7z), files you haven’t opened in over 30 days, and anything over 500 MB. Developers also get build folders and caches. Hover over a monster to see the full list.

Which Macs does it run on?

Any Mac on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon or Intel.

Does he get in the way?

Drag them anywhere, hide them from the menu bar, mute their voices. They’re pets, not pop-ups.

Is it a subscription?

No. Pay $15 once and keep all your monsters.

They’re already in there. Might as well meet them.

Pick your folders and see how much junk is hiding in them.

Get Munchies — $15