[I got tired of messy folders, so I started building my own file organiser
A few days ago I opened my Downloads folder and realised I had no idea what was actually in it.
Random ZIP files, screenshots, installers, PDFs, old school stuff, and folders I'd forgotten existed.
I could've spent 20 minutes cleaning it up.
Instead, I started building a desktop app.
The idea
The project is called FileFlow.
The goal is simple:
Pick a folder
Analyse the files
Organise everything automatically
Keep it easy to undo if something goes wrong
Nothing groundbreaking. Just something I'd actually use.
Why I built it
Most file organisers I found were either:
Too complicated
Filled with features I didn't need
Abandoned
Just not very nice to use
I wanted something that felt lightweight.
The kind of app where you open it, click a button, and your folders stop looking like a disaster.
Current features
Right now I'm working on things like:
Automatic file categorisation
Custom sorting rules
Directory scanning
File statistics
Organisation previews
Dark mode
Still a lot left to build, but it's starting to feel like a real application instead of a random experiment.
https://github.com/stopcinning/FileFlow check it out.
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