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xtty vs Systune

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xtty compared with Systune
Detailxtty logo xttySystune logo Systune
What it doesSpend your time on the work, not the terminal Clean your Mac without the guesswork
StageNot given MVP
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Not given
PricingFree with 7-day Pro trial; xtty Pro US$29.90 one-time purchase, no subscription, activates up to 2 Macs US$39 once for three Macs in one household with two years of updates (direct). Mac App Store edition planned at US$39 once with final pricing to follow App Store tiers. First 100 waitlist signups receive free lifetime license including all future versions. 14-day full trial and 30-day refund planned
Key features
  • Metal GPU-accelerated terminal rendering on macOS, as fast as Ghostty
  • Password autofill from macOS Keychain for configured prompts
  • Saved remote-machine list with direct connections, batch connections, and jump hosts
  • Duplicate Tab with same SSH host and remote working directory in independent session
  • Broadcast keyboard input to selected panes
  • Status and notifications for supported coding agents including Claude Code and Codex
  • File transfer with sz and rz inside terminal workflow
  • Local shell sessions with tabs, split panes, search, themes, fonts, and customizable keybindings
  • System OpenSSH configuration and keys support
  • Command palette for finding actions and saved SSH profiles
  • 103 cleaning categories with four risk levels
  • 92 security and privacy checks with one-click fixes
  • 300 macOS settings with profiles, snapshots and undo
  • Disk analysis with list, treemap, ring and file-kind views
  • Duplicate and large-file finder
  • Command-line interface with JSON output
  • Full-screen terminal dashboard
  • iPhone companion over local network
  • 67 maintenance tasks including rebuilds and service restarts
  • Startup item and launch daemon inspector
What makes it different
  • Metal GPU-accelerated rendering as fast as Ghostty for local terminal performance
  • Built-in SSH workflows that reduce repeated steps without replacing existing OpenSSH setup
  • Credentials stay secure in macOS Keychain with no account or email verification required
  • Native macOS integration with familiar controls and Metal GPU rendering
  • All changes listed and confirmed before removal with a test strip showing exact paths and bytes
  • Protected system paths refused and user files offered to Trash with regenerable caches deleted in place
  • Five rounds of independent security, correctness and performance review with published findings
  • Local processing with no analytics, crash reporting or scan result uploads
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)5 no change since last check11 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)67
Citation Flow (Majestic)2320
Referring domains (Majestic)1217

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