Free Mac app for coding with AI

Know what's on your Mac, and what your AI put there.

Installory shows what your AI coding tools installed, checks their settings for problems, and tells you what's safe to clean up. It only looks. It never changes anything.

Free · macOS 14 or later
Try it first with sample data

Home checkup

Example

Installed tools49 tools, 4 duplicates
Some are installed more than once, but none are clashing.
Looks good
AI tools3 problems found
Some settings could stop tools working or expose more than you intended.
Needs attention
API keys1 key in AI tool settings
A key is written in plain text where other programs could read it.
Needs attention
Disk space434.9 MB can be freed
From 5 tools that nothing else needs.
Looks good

What Installory's Home screen shows, using the app's built-in sample data.

Three steps. Nothing changes until you decide.

Give it read-only access
Choose your home folder, or explore with sample data first.
Read your checkup
Four plain rows, and a list of anything worth a look.
Fix it your way
Copy a prompt for your AI assistant, or a script you run yourself.

AI Setup

Check your AI coding setup.

Installory reads the settings your AI tools keep: MCP servers, rules files like CLAUDE.md, and what your agent can do without asking. Then it explains anything worth fixing.

Claude Code
Claude Desktop
Cursor
VS Code
Codex
opencode

Each finding has an Ask Your AI Assistant button. It copies a ready-made prompt that asks your assistant to explain every step and wait for your OK.

Fix soon

A password or API key is written directly in the settings for the “github” MCP server

Shown only partially: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = ghp_…. Anything that can read ~/.claude.json can copy and use it.

Keep the real value out of the file. Store the key as an environment variable and reference it instead.

Copied promptexcerpt

Hi Claude Code. A secret key named GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is saved in plain text on my Mac.
…
Ground rules:
- Explain each command before you run it, and wait for my OK.

Inventory

See everything your AI installed.

One searchable list, with a plain-English description of every tool.

Homebrew
pip
pipx
uv
npm
Cargo
RubyGems
Mac App Store
Agent skills
AI command-line tools
VS Code and Cursor extensions

ffmpeg6.1.1Homebrew

Play, record, convert, and stream select audio and video codecs

How it was installed

Installed Sep 15, 2026 by Claude Code while working in ~/Projects/my-app. That session was about setting up a video processing pipeline.

AIInstalled during a Claude Code session

Who installed it, and why

Optional Install History links each tool to the terminal command, or the Claude Code, Codex or opencode session, that installed it. It's off until you turn it on.

Installed twice?

See tools installed more than once, and which copy runs first.

Cleanup

Clean up safely. You stay in charge.

Every package gets a verdict. Installory writes a plain script that you read and run yourself, and saves a restore point before bigger cleanups.

Safe to remove
Remove with care
Leave alone

cleanup.shexcerpt

# Review every line before running. You can run this script manually
# in Terminal — Installory does not execute it for you.
(
set -euo pipefail
echo "→ brew uninstall ripgrep"
brew uninstall ripgrep
)

Screenshots

See the real app.

With its built-in sample data. Select one to see it larger.

AI Setup: each finding says what's wrong, why it matters, and how to fix it.

It looks. It never touches.

Read-onlyNever installs, removes or changes anything, including your AI tools' settings.
Never runs commandsCleanup is a script you run yourself.
Nothing leaves your MacNo network code of its own, no account, no tracking.
Keys stay maskedYou see a key's name, never its full value.

Open source under the MIT License. Read the code, or see every file it reads in the privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions before you grant access.

More answers in support, and every detail in the privacy policy.

I'm new to coding with AI. Is Installory for me?

Yes. It's made for people who code with an AI assistant and want to understand what it changed on their Mac. Everything is explained in plain English, and you can try it with sample data before you give it access to anything.

What are MCP servers, instruction files and hooks?

An MCP server is an add-on that gives your AI assistant an extra ability, like reading GitHub issues or controlling a browser. An instruction file, such as CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md, holds notes your assistant reads before it starts working. A hook is a command that runs automatically when your agent does something. Installory checks all three.

Why does it ask for my home folder?

Your package folders, AI tool settings and editor extensions live there, and those are what Installory reads. To find your coding projects, it also looks at the names of the files and folders one level down, for example inside Documents. It doesn't read the contents of your documents, photos, mail, browser data or passwords. Access is read-only, and you can try sample data first without granting anything.

Does it send anything anywhere?

No. Installory has no network code of its own, no account and no analytics. Copied prompts only go to your clipboard. The one thing that may contact a server is Apple's own App Store rating prompt, which macOS may show at most once per version.

Can a cleanup script break something?

Any uninstall can remove something you still need. That's why every package is marked safe to remove, remove with care, or leave alone, common essentials are left commented out, and a bigger cleanup saves a restore point first. Still, read each line before you run it.

Is Installory really free?

Yes. There are no ads, accounts, subscriptions or in-app purchases, and the source code is MIT-licensed. You can chip in on Ko-fi if you like, but it's optional.

Get Installory. It's free.

For macOS 14 or later. Try it with sample data first.

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