node-cache-cleaner

Node Cache Cleaner¶

Cleans NPM, Yarn, and NPX caches in parallel.

Usage¶

node-cache-cleaner [options]

Options¶

Option	Description
`-h, --help`	Show this help message
`-g, --global`	Also clean NPM, Yarn, and NPX global caches

Description¶

Default mode (no flags): Removes project-level Yarn Berry offline cache files (.yarn/cache*, .yarn/*.gz) only
With -g / --global: Runs all global cache cleaners in parallel after the project-level Yarn clean:
npm cache clean --force to clean the NPM cache
yarn cache clean (or yarn cache clean --all for Yarn Berry) to clean the Yarn global cache
NPX cache cleanup (_npx, _cacache, .cache/npx directories)
All operations run in parallel via Promise.allSettled
Exits with code 0 on success, or 1 if any cache clean operation fails

Source¶

See src/node-cache-cleaner-cli.ts (modules in src/cache-cleaner/).

Yarn Cache Cleaner (Python)¶

Python-based utility to clean Yarn caches.

Usage¶

yarn-clean

Description¶

Runs yarn-clean.py which locates and cleans Yarn cache directories. Available as a shell wrapper in both bash and batch variants.

Source¶

See bin/yarn-clean & bin/yarn-clean.py

yc / ycw¶

Shell scripts to clean node_modules directories in parallel.

Usage¶

yc [options]
ycw [options]

Options¶

Option	Description
`-h, --help`	Show help message
`-c, --concurrent <num>`	Maximum parallel jobs (default: 4)

Description¶

yc — Cleans node_modules via letter-based parallel deletion of top-level entries (a-z) inside node_modules/
ycw — Yarn workspaces–aware variant. Detects monorepo root, expands workspace globs, and cleans node_modules across root + all workspace packages in parallel

Source¶

See bin/yc & bin/ycw

Node Modules Cleaner¶

Recursively finds and removes node_modules directories.

Aliases¶

del-nodemodules (default)
del-node-modules

Usage¶

del-nodemodules [options]

Options¶

Option	Description
`--force`, `-f`	Actually delete (default is dry-run mode)
`-c, --concurrent N`	Set concurrent removals (default: 2, or CPU count)
`-h, --help`	Show help message

Description¶

Searches for all node_modules directories recursively
Also removes package-lock.json, yarn.lock, and .yarn/cache directories
By default runs in dry-run mode (shows what would be deleted)
Pass --force to actually perform deletion

Source¶

See src/del-node-modules.js

Yarn Cache Cleaner¶

Deletes Yarn cache directories and cached .gz files.

Aliases¶

del-yarncaches (default)
del-yarn-caches

Usage¶

del-yarncaches

Description¶

Finds and deletes all .yarn/cache* directories and .yarn/*.gz files under the current working directory, excluding .git and vendor directories.

Source¶

See src/del-yarn-caches.js

Remove Node Modules (Fast)¶

Alternative tool for removing node_modules — faster for very large projects. Removes subfolders by first-letter in parallel.

Aliases¶

rm-node-modules (default)
rm-node-module
remove-node-modules
remove-node-module

Usage¶

rm-node-modules [options]

Options¶

Option	Description
`--force`	Actually delete (default is dry-run mode)
`-h, --help`	Show help message

Description¶

Removes node_modules subfolders by first-letter in parallel (a-z, A-Z)
Writes and executes a temporary shell script (auto-removed after completion)
On Windows requires a Unix-compatible shell in PATH (e.g., Git Bash or WSL)

Examples¶

npx --legacy-peer-deps -y binary-collections rm-node-modules
npx --legacy-peer-deps -y binary-collections rm-node-modules --force
yarn run rm-node-modules

Source¶

See src/rm-node-module-cli.cjs.