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EnglishWhat Is Broomkit and What Does It Do?
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Broomkit is a Mac cleaner app for macOS that scans your disk, shows what's taking up space, and reclaims it. It runs on macOS 14 or later, is notarized by Apple and Developer ID signed, and is free to analyze — the Reclaim and uninstaller features unlock with a one-time licence after a 3-day full-feature trial. It needs no admin password, installs no privileged helper, adds no login item, and bundles no extra software.
What Broomkit actually does
Broomkit's job is to answer one question: what on this Mac can be safely removed, and how much space would that free? It scans 16 categories of reclaimable data — caches, leftovers, duplicates and more — then lets you review every file before anything moves.
The workflow is built around seeing your own numbers first. Nothing is deleted without asking, and files go to the Trash rather than being erased outright.
Core features
| Feature | What it does | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Care | One scan producing six cards: what was found and what will run | Free |
| Disk Map | Treemap of what is actually eating your space | Free |
| Performance | Live memory, CPU, disk and battery, plus a Quit button per app | Free |
| Uninstaller | Every app with its real size, filters for unused and App Store apps, leftovers listed first | Licence |
| Cleanup Manager | Every file listed with a tick box before anything moves | Free to browse |
| Reclaim · Review | Nothing erased yet — everything goes to the Trash first | Licence |
| Reclaim · Confirm | See the free-space impact before you proceed | Licence |
The uninstaller is worth calling out separately: it lists apps by their real size rather than the size of the app bundle alone, surfaces leftover files first, and can filter down to apps you never use or ones installed from the App Store.
Trial vs licence
Every feature is unlocked during the trial, so you can judge it on your own Mac before paying. After 3 days, a single payment keeps it — there is no subscription and no auto-renewal.
- Trial: $0 for 3 days, every feature unlocked, full disk scan, Disk Map, large and old file discovery, browse paths and Reveal in Finder, live performance monitoring with health alerts, Reclaim and uninstaller unlocked.
- Licence: one-time payment. The site lists a "Buy 1 Mac" option at $34.95, with additional options to choose from at checkout.
No account is required, and no card is needed to download.
What it does not do
- No admin password or privileged helper — it works within normal user permissions.
- No login item, so it doesn't run in the background unless you open it.
- No bundled software.
- Uninstalling is by dragging to the Trash.
A concrete example
The site reports 84.8 GB found on one real machine, and shows 85 GB reclaimable in its own screenshots. That figure comes from scanning all 16 categories and presenting them before any deletion. Your Mac will differ — the point is that Broomkit shows your numbers before you pay, rather than quoting a generic estimate.
Who it's for
If you're on macOS 14 or later and want to see exactly what's consuming disk space before deciding whether to clean it, Broomkit's free analysis and 3-day full trial let you evaluate it on your own hardware. If you'd rather not pay at all, the free tier still gives you the scan, Disk Map, performance monitoring and Cleanup Manager browsing — you just can't execute the reclaim or use the uninstaller past the trial.