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autotidy

Automatically organize files using declarative rules

About

autotidy is a cross-platform file organization daemon. Define rules in YAML, and it watches your folders for changes, moving, renaming, or organizing files as they appear.

  • Automatic - Runs in the background, watching directories. Triggers your rules when contents change.
  • Declarative - Define your rules in YAML. No code required.
  • Filters - Match files by name, extension, size, date, MIME type, file type.
  • Actions - Move, copy, rename, delete, and trash files that pass your filters.
  • Standalone - Standalone compiled binary. No runtime dependencies.
  • Dry-run - Preview what your config would do before running it with autotidy run.
  • Cross-platform - Linux, macOS, Windows (experimental)
  • Open source - MIT licensed