Unbacked watches your dev folders and automatically excludes rebuildable caches from Time Machine. See how much space you're not backing up.
A clear view of what's excluded and how much space you're not backing up
New caches get excluded as they appear.
See excluded folders and estimated backup weight avoided.
Only rebuildable dev junk. Never Documents, Photos, Mail.
Fast, lightweight, feels at home.
Development caches balloon silently. node_modules, build artifacts, and package caches can grow to hundreds of gigabytes across your projects.
Your backups slow down, external drives fill up, and Time Machine churns through data you could rebuild in seconds.
Exclusions should be automatic and visible. Unbacked detects rebuildable junk and keeps it out of your backups — quietly, safely, automatically.
Smart detection across all major development tools and frameworks
Quick detection, no deep crawl
Applies exclusions via Time Machine
Shows avoided backup weight over time
Runs locally
No file uploads
You choose watched folders
Undo history
Unbacked is designed for developers who care about their data. Everything runs on your Mac. No surprises, no cloud services, no mysterious uploads.