What is the best program for cleaning your mac ?

what program does the best job of cleaning up your imac and keep it running as it should ? i'm a messy house keeper, scattering files here, yonder and
everywhere. appreciate the help.

Adding to what Bee's stated, since a Mac isn't like a windoze box, peruse these:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, 
Five Mac maintenance myths, and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.

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