diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9725342dc19..6ed95489e41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ data/
 *.pydevproject
 .project
 .metadata
-bin/
 tmp/
 *.tmp
 *.bak
diff --git a/bin/cache-clear b/bin/cache-clear
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3563abadc1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cache-clear
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Remove all items from the cache
+ */
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../lib/bootstrap.php';
+
+$rssBridge = new RssBridge();
+
+$cache = RssBridge::getCache();
+
+$cache->clear();
diff --git a/bin/cache-prune b/bin/cache-prune
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7b7a603130d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/cache-prune
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Remove all expired items from the cache
+ */
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../lib/bootstrap.php';
+
+$rssBridge = new RssBridge();
+
+$cache = RssBridge::getCache();
+
+$cache->prune();