Begone CLI

A command-line tool to clean up project directories by removing build artifacts and dependencies for various programming languages.

Features

• Clean Rust projects (target/ directories)
• Clean Python projects (.venv/, __pycache__/ directories)
• Clean JavaScript/TypeScript projects (node_modules/ directories)
• Clean Java projects (target/, build/ directories)
• Clean Go projects (bin/, pkg/ directories)
• Clean .NET projects (bin/, obj/ directories)
• Dry-run mode to preview changes
• Recursive directory scanning
• Colored output for better visibility

Installation

From crates.io (recommended)

cargo install begone

From GitHub Releases

1. Download the appropriate binary for your system from the latest release
2. Make the binary executable (on Unix-like systems): chmod +x begone-cli-{target}
3. Move it to a directory in your PATH

From Source

1. Make sure you have Rust installed (install from rustup.rs)
2. Clone this repository
3. Run cargo install --path .

cargo install begone

Usage

begone 0.1.0
A CLI tool to clean up project directories by removing build artifacts and dependencies

Usage: begone <COMMAND>

Commands:
  rust      Clean Rust project directories (target/)
  python    Clean Python project directories (.venv/)
  js        Clean JavaScript/TypeScript project directories (node_modules/)
  java      Clean Java project directories (target/)
  go        Clean Go project directories (bin/, pkg/)
  dotnet    Clean .NET project directories (bin/, obj/)
  all       Clean all supported project directories
  help      Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -d, --dry-run  Run in dry-run mode (don't delete anything)
  -v, --verbose  Enable verbose output
  -h, --help     Print help
  -V, --version  Print version

Examples

Clean Rust projects recursively in the current directory:

begone rust

Clean Python projects in verbose mode:

begone -v python

Preview what would be deleted (dry run) for JavaScript/TypeScript projects:

begone --dry-run js

Clean all supported project types:

begone all

License

MIT