I Built a Lazy File Organizer with PowerShell for Hacktoberfest

AJ Nkosi — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:59:41 +0000

What I Built

Lazy Organizer is a PowerShell automation tool that sorts files into folders automatically.

The purpose of the project is simple: remove the repetitive task of manually organizing files.

My folders often become cluttered with PDFs, Word documents, images, and text files.

Sorting everything manually is repetitive and easy to postpone.

I built a PowerShell script that scans a folder and automatically organizes files into appropriate directories.

Current categories include:

This follows the "Slow and Steady" challenge theme because it reduces repetitive work and lets the computer handle organization.

The script:

Examples:

Open innovation makes automation more accessible and customizable.

This project is designed to be extended with open-source AI models such as Gemma, Qwen, or TinyLlama.

Using open models would allow file classification to happen locally without sending personal file information to external services.

Benefits include:

GitHub Repository:

Future versions will include:

Built for the Open-Source AI Challenge and the Slow and Steady theme.