Find what got left behind.
Stuck background jobs. Stranded browsers. Helpers still running after their app is gone. Machogs checks who owns them and what they’re doing.
Meet Machogs 1.4.0 Find the hog.
Find the hog.
Keep your flow.
A little pig with a nose for background work. Find what’s making your Mac slow, hot, or loud — and decide what goes.
Download for MacFree & open source · macOS 13+
Apple silicon + Intel · Signed & notarized
First scan only looksYou choose what closesLive coding sessions protected
Less detective work. More doing.
One clear next step.
See what needs your attention, what was left alone, and when your Mac was last checked.
THE REAL APP · VERSION 1.3.0 · Captured on a working Mac.Your findings will depend on your Mac.
Your work stays yoursCurious by default.
Curious by default.
Careful by design.
A finding is a reason to take a look. You get the context before you make the call.
Get the story.
See which app left it, how long it has been there, and what it has cost. Plain words make the next step easier to judge.
Review. Then decide.
Opening the app closes nothing. Review a finding before choosing to close it. Live Codex and Claude Code sessions stay protected.
Sometimes, the answer is a restart.When memory pressure calls for it, Machogs says so. A cleanup isn’t a cure for everything.
A few more things to sniff out
Meet the usual suspects.
Where did the space go?
See common caches and storage hotspots. Rebuildable caches are separate from your own files, with a review before clearing.
Who’s on port 3000?
Find the app holding a port. Protected work and managed services are called out, so you know what can stay and what needs a different fix.
What actually changed?
Look back at what was closed and which apps keep leaving work behind. A record of the cleanup, with the cost in plain sight.
Put a pig
on the case.
Download. Drag to Applications. Check your Mac.
No account. No subscription.
Version 1.4.0 · macOS 13 or later
Prefer the terminal?
brew install bnishit/tap/machogsThen run machogs for a read-only check.
Other ways to install ↗
Good questions.
Does it close or delete anything on its own?
No. The first scan only looks. Closing a process or clearing an allowed cache takes a separate action from you.
What about my live coding sessions?
Machogs protects running Codex and Claude Code sessions, macOS system processes, and known productive work. The command-line safety check, machogs --check, lists protections without closing anything.
Will it work on my Mac?
The app supports macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple silicon and Intel. Version 1.4.0 is Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized. Open the download and drag Machogs to Applications.
Does it need special permissions?
No admin password, Full Disk Access, or Accessibility access is required. Notifications and Start at Login are optional.
Really free?
Yes. Both the Mac app and the command-line tool are free and open source under the MIT license. Read the code on GitHub.