DotQuit

by Ladarius Mills

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Oct 6, 2026 Productivity

automation background-processes mac memory_management

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Hey [r/SideProject](r/SideProject), Every Mac user knows the mild annoyance: you hit the red button to close a window, thinking you're done, only to look down at your Dock and realize the app has been running in the background eating memory all day. I wanted an automated fix, but existing tools were either discontinued or bloated. So I challenged myself to build the lightest, most native macOS utility possible. What went into building it: Zero-polling architecture: Built strictly using macOS...