brew-cleanup

brew-cleanup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# List of potentially safe-to-remove packages
CANDIDATES=(
  # run brew ls
)

REMOVABLE=()

echo "Checking reverse dependencies of candidate formulas..."

for pkg in "${CANDIDATES[@]}"; do
  users=$(brew uses --installed --recursive "$pkg")
  if [ -z "$users" ]; then
    echo "[REMOVABLE] $pkg"
    REMOVABLE+=("$pkg")
  else
    echo "[IN USE] $pkg => used by: $users"
  fi
done

echo ""
echo "=== Removable Packages Summary ==="
for pkg in "${REMOVABLE[@]}"; do
  echo "$pkg"
done