Mint vs DaisyDisk
DaisyDisk is a disk visualizer: it draws your storage as rings and you delete what you find, for $9.99 one-time, and it does that very well. Mint manages storage with one framework built on each file’s life cycle, and understands and optimizes deeply for AI agents. It draws the disk too, by what you can do with each part, and then acts. It gets space back without deleting anything by optimizing how duplicate and idle files are stored, cleans what comes back on its own, organizes folders by hand, on a schedule or as files arrive, and runs all of it with Auto Care, with an Ignore List and 90 days of Undo. Pick DaisyDisk to look; pick Mint to keep the Mac in order. We make Mint.
Side by side
| Mint | DaisyDisk | |
|---|---|---|
| Space back without deleting anything | Yes, Optimize: duplicate and idle files take less room, and every file stays where it is and opens as before | No |
| Caches, logs, build output, app leftovers | Yes, each with how it comes back | Only by deleting folders yourself |
| AI coding tool data (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor) | Yes, and it can remove the pictures inside a conversation and keep every word | No |
| Disk map | Yes, by where space comes from and what you can do with it | Yes |
| App uninstaller with leftovers | Yes (direct download and Setapp) | No |
| Organize folders | Yes, by type, date or source: by hand, on a schedule, or as files arrive | No |
| Free memory | Yes, quits idle apps, and Auto Care can do it when memory passes a line you set (direct download and Setapp) | No |
| Runs on its own | Auto Care: cleanup daily or hourly when the Mac is idle, each folder on its own schedule, memory at your line | No |
| Leaves alone what you protect | Ignore List: files and folders no scan, clean or organize run ever touches | Nothing runs on its own |
| Undo | 90 days of Undo: moves to the Trash and organizing put back where they were | No, deletions are permanent |
| Raycast, menu bar, command line, MCP | All four: a Raycast extension, the menu bar, mint-cli, and an MCP server for AI agents (direct download) | Not found |
| macOS | 14 or later | 10.13 or later |
| Price | Free tier; $39.99 one-time (Direct) | $9.99 one-time, up to 5 Macs |
One app to clean, optimize and organize
- Space back without deleting: Optimize stores duplicate and idle files more efficiently, and every file stays where it is.
- Cleanup of what comes back on its own: caches, logs, build output and AI coding tool data, each with how it returns.
- Folders organized by type, date or source: by hand, on a schedule, or the moment new files arrive.
- Auto Care runs it all when your Mac is idle, and nothing on your Ignore List is ever touched.
- 90 days of Undo, and Mint from Raycast, the menu bar, the command line, or your AI agent over MCP.
When DaisyDisk is the better pick
If you know what your files are and just need to see which folders are big, DaisyDisk is cheaper, faster to learn and runs on much older Macs.
When Mint is the better pick
Pick Mint if you want one app that thinks about how your whole Mac uses space and gets you the most usable space and the best experience, whether by optimizing, cleaning or organizing. Mint manages your Mac’s storage with one framework, and understands and optimizes deeply for AI agents. The framework sorts what is on your Mac by each file’s life cycle: where it came from, whether it comes back on its own, and whether something is using it right now. Then it handles each layer its own way. A map tells you a folder is big; Mint tells you what is safe to do with it, and then does it.
- Space back first, losing nothing: duplicates are kept once and idle files are stored smaller. Every file stays where it is and opens as before.
- Junk that is safe to clean: caches, logs, build output, and the workspaces and leftovers that AI coding tools such as Codex, Claude Code and Cursor pile up, each with how it comes back. Mint is tuned deeply for these tools.
- Your own files gone dormant: old downloads, screenshots and recordings, and files nobody has opened in months, sorted for you to decide on.
- Organizing: folders sorted by type, date or source, by hand, on a schedule or the moment new files arrive.
- Auto Care keeps all of it running on its own and never touches what is on your Ignore List. Every move to the Trash and every organize run can be undone for 90 days.
Frequently asked questions
How does Mint decide what is safe to remove?
Mint sorts every file by its life cycle before it offers anything: where it came from, whether it comes back on its own, and whether something is using it. Then it puts it in one of four buckets: Optimizable (space back without deleting anything), Safe to clean (caches and build output that come back by themselves, each with how), Yours (your own files, which you decide on) and Keep (what is in use or needed, never offered). Mint looks at how your whole Mac uses space and aims for the most usable space and the best experience, whether that means optimizing, cleaning or organizing. Before it removes anything it checks again that nothing is using it, it never touches what is on your Ignore List, and moves to the Trash and organize runs can be undone for 90 days.
Know what can go, not just what is big
Mint’s scan is free and sorts your disk by what you can do with it.