Maid

maid

Be lazy! Let Maid clean up after you, based on rules you define. Think of it as "Hazel for hackers".

Runs as maid|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 4 fields

Run or rehearse your Maid cleanup rules. Daemon mode and rule generation are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui maid

`maid clean`

Clean up

Run the rules in ~/.maid/rules.rb (or another rules file). Use Dry run first to see what would happen; Force actually performs the actions.

Clean upExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Dry run*

--dry-run

Rules file

file

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Preview rules

dry_runrules

Run rules

forcerulessilent

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Dry run

Show what would happen without taking any action.
boolean

--dry-run-n

Force (perform actions)

boolean

--force-f

Rules file

Defaults to ~/.maid/rules.rb.
path

--rules-r

Silent

Suppress output, e.g. when run from cron.
boolean

--silent

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

maid clean --dry-run # Synonyms: -n, --noop maid clean -f # Run the rules at ~/.maid/rules.rb, logging to ~/.maid/maid.log maid clean -fr some_rules.rb # Run the rules in the file 'some_rules.rb', logging to ~/.maid/maid.log $ maid clean -nr some_rules.rb maid clean --force --silent --rules ~/.maid/rules.rb

manualHEAD 2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed maid against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.