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Deduplicate Python wheel cache

Build a tool to clean redundant Python wheels from dev environments. Saves disk space for Python developers who frequently install packages.

Why now

Python projects are growing in complexity, leading to bloated wheel caches that waste disk space and slow down builds.

Who for
Python developers
Business model
Pro version for teams
Effort
A weekend

Python developers often accumulate duplicate wheels across projects, wasting disk space and slowing down virtual environments.

A CLI tool that identifies and removes duplicate wheels while preserving dependency integrity.

Teams managing multiple Python projects would pay to reduce CI/CD storage costs and local disk usage.

Start with a simple hash-based deduplicator for .whl files in ~/.cache/pip.

The biggest risk is accidentally breaking dependency resolution by removing a wheel still needed by some environment.

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