# Derived roadmap

Updated 2026-10-03. https://derived.qubixcode.com/roadmap

## Shipped

In the app today.

- **DerivedData by real project name** (1.0): Each hashed folder shown as the project it belongs to, with when you last built it.
- **Safe wins** (1.0): One click for what is obviously safe: package caches, deleted or stale projects, unusable simulators.
- **Simulator runtimes and devices** (1.0): Removed with Apple's own simctl. Running simulators are never touched.
- **Archives, Trash only** (1.0): App, version and upload status. Never selected for you, only ever moved to the Trash.
- **Device Support and package caches** (1.0): iOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS Device Support, plus SwiftPM, CocoaPods and Carthage caches.
- **Xcode-aware safety** (1.0): Skips projects open in Xcode, folders in use and everything while a build runs.
- **Custom Xcode locations** (1.0): Reads Xcode's own settings, so DerivedData on an external drive is found.
- **Pinned projects** (1.0): Side projects you rarely build are never suggested as stale.
- **Weekly scan and menu bar total** (1.0): Optional, off by default. Derived only reads in the background.
- **Automatic updates** (1.0): New versions install from inside the app. Signed and notarized by Apple.
- **License key everywhere you look** (1.0.1): Enter your key from the Overview, the Derived menu or Settings.

## Next

Planned for the coming versions, in this order.

- **Swift Package caches per project**: See how much of each project's DerivedData is downloaded packages, and clear just those.
- **Xcode Previews and test devices**: SwiftUI Previews data and XCTestDevices, which can grow to several gigabytes.
- **Old Xcode versions**: Spot Xcode copies in Applications you no longer use, with their size.

## Later

Wanted, not scheduled yet. Tell us what you would use most.

- **Android Studio and Gradle caches**: For cross-platform developers: Gradle caches and Android emulators.
- **Flutter, npm, yarn and pnpm caches**: The other package caches on a mobile developer's Mac.
- **Scheduled Safe wins**: Clean Safe wins automatically on a schedule you choose, with a summary afterwards.

## Not planned

Things we have decided not to build, and why.

- **A Mac App Store version**: The App Store sandbox can't read Xcode's folders or run simctl, so Derived is sold directly.
- **A subscription**: Derived is a one-time purchase, and version 1 updates are included.
- **Accounts or cloud sync**: Derived runs entirely on your Mac. Nothing to sign up for, and scans never leave it.
- **Touching your code or projects**: Derived only removes caches and build data inside Xcode's own folders, never source, projects or certificates.