Proprietary macOS storage 'explainer' (Apple silicon, macOS 14+, arm64-only DMG): gives every file, folder and the opaque 'System Data' bucket a plain-language name and explanation, renders storage as a ring chart plus folder maps, adds an 'Explain with Diskly' Finder quick action, tracks what grew week over week, and suggests only deletions it is confident are safe - nothing goes until the user ticks and confirms, behind an Undo window and a Recently Deleted record. Free tier explains; Pro adds undoable deletes, a Collector, an uninstaller with leftovers, duplicates, and Move-to-external-drive. Native SwiftUI; Developer-ID signed and notarized since v0.2; no account, no analytics, no network connections. Product Hunt launch announced for Nov 17, 2026.
Solo indie dev (redditor adipras_1407, an NIT Trichy graduate per his for-hire posts); third shipped product in ~5 months after Sunny and Codesm
License
Proprietary
Proprietary
Price
Freemium
Free tier forever (explanations, System Data breakdown, charts, search); Pro $14 launch price (list $19) one-time purchase with 7-day trial; everything free during early access and beta testers get Pro free for life
Launched
Domain registered 2026-11-01 and the first beta-promotion posts went up the same day; author: '2 weeks to launch' toward a Nov 17 Product Hunt release
First release
Domain registered
(diskly.net)
Last seen alive
Checks
Mechanical checks derived from the fields above. Each row is one fact; "not yet checked" means exactly that, not a failure. There is no composite score; read them together.
Track record
2 days ago
Source published
No
Release signing
Notarized
Security contact
None found
Reproducible builds
Not yet checked
Telemetry
None
Runs elevated
Never
Auto-update channel
None
Recent activity
Last seen yesterday
Closed source: no repo; distribution is a DMG download from diskly.net
v0.2 changelog (2026-11-01): 'Signed and notarized by Apple. Diskly now opens without a security warning'; FAQ repeats 'signed and notarized by Apple'
Only published contact is hello@diskly.net; no security-specific address, policy, or disclosure process found
Privacy page: 'no account, no analytics, no crash reporting and makes no network connections'; file names and sizes stay on the Mac (checked 2026-11-02)
User-space app: Full Disk Access (TCC) is optional 'to measure places like Mail and app containers'; no root helper or privileged component
No in-app updater evident: the beta pitch promises 'an email whenever a new version is ready' and points at a fresh DMG; consistent with the claimed no-network design
Unrelated same-named app listed on the Mac App Store 2026-09-29 (in this catalog as diskly-akbas, from Istanbul agency 212medya); this Diskly is a direct-DMG product from diskly.net by redditor adipras_1407.
The reference Mac disk-map app: same ring visualization and same paid-cleaning model; Diskly's differentiator claim is the plain-words explanation layer ('what it is, which app it belongs to, whether it is safe to remove').
Closest current peer in the catalog: also exists to itemize and explain macOS's opaque 'System Data' bucket - source-published and free where Diskly is closed and freemium.
Author's previous launch (Sept 2026): 'Claude Code, Codex, and your own models in one terminal' - a coding-agent multiplexer, announced on reddit about seven weeks before Diskly.
Author's July 2026 project: a 'privacy-first' Android skin-tracking app that he listed for sale while still pre-revenue in beta.
Research notes
Anti-cleaner positioning is the product thesis: 'macOS gives you a grey System Data bar with no explanation, and cleaner apps give you a big button and ask for your trust. I'm building the thing in between.' No one-click clean; suggestions come with reasons, uncertain items get an honest 'cannot confirm' note instead of a verdict.
Deletion model is deliberate: items are removed straight away (not via Trash) only after a few-seconds Undo window, a Recently Deleted record is kept, macOS/Library/hidden settings/standard folders/app libraries like Photos are never offered, and every item is re-checked at delete time (skipped if its app is open or it changed).
Scope is wider than the 'explainer' pitch: Pro ($14 launch, $19 list, one-time) adds undoable deletes, a Collector, an uninstaller with leftovers detection, and duplicate finding; the free tier is explain-only - the author's own framing is 'understanding builds trust, and trust is what sells the paid part'.
Ships as an arm64-only DMG (Apple silicon M1+, no Intel/universal build), Developer-ID signed and notarized since v0.2; Finder 'Explain with Diskly' quick action, menu-bar free-space widget, Quick Look/drag-and-drop/VoiceOver support.
Brand new: domain diskly.net registered 2026-11-01 and the changelog starts the same day (v0.2; v0.3 landed 2026-11-02); the author describes the whole build as '2 weeks to launch' and admitted '1 real tester' when the beta posts began. Product Hunt launch announced for Nov 17.
Author adipras_1407 is a serial indie launcher: Sunny (Android skin-tracking app, put up for sale July 2026), Codesm (Claude Code/Codex terminal, Sept 2026), then Diskly (Nov 2026); earlier Manim-C animation engine (Nov 2024) and freelance/cofounder posts. A 'Recent NIT Trichy graduate' per his own for-hire posts; the beta form stores signups on AWS Mumbai.
Name collision: the Mac App Store lists an unrelated 'Diskly: Disk Space Analyzer' (publisher Ferhat Selcuk Akbas, listed 2026-09-29) - a different app from a different author.
Earliest surviving author promotion found (2026-11-01 20:04 UTC); an identical post (1xlchd4) 18 minutes earlier was eaten by reddit's own filter. Frames the app around two trust questions and recruits beta testers by comment or DM.
I'm building Diskly, a Mac app that explains what's taking up your storage in plain words, including "System Data". It suggests only what it's sure is safe, and leaves the decision to you. — Trust signal
What would an app have to do before you'd trust it to delete anything? — Engagement hook
The launch's main discussion thread (the one that drew a real comment exchange, including the author's feature list and beta instructions); states the Finder quick action and the Nov 17 Product Hunt date.
macOS gives you a grey System Data bar with no explanation, and cleaner apps give you a big button and ask for your trust. I'm building the thing in between. — Problem statement
Native SwiftUI, fully local, free during beta. — Tech bingo
Would you use an explainer over a cleaner? — Engagement hook
The same build pitched narrowly at local-AI users; companion posts went to r/ollama and r/Oobabooga. Recorded because it demonstrates the app's dev-junk angle (leftover model folders flagged after uninstall) rather than the generic explainer pitch.
Uninstalling LM Studio can leave ~/.lmstudio and its models behind, using a lot of space. — Problem statement