Desktop file organizers and cleanup
Desktop tools that automatically sort, rename, deduplicate, search and clean up local files and disk space, often via rules or local AI, plus alternative file managers for Windows and macOS users with cluttered folders.
Built for: Mac and Windows users with cluttered files
Projects since May 04
183
Different builders
171
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+11%
AI is the core
8.7%
Projects per week
Mostly desktop app (72%), developer tool or library (9.8%), mobile app (8.2%) · from r/SideProject, r/IMadeThis, r/vibecoding, r/ShowYourApp
Latest
- LocalSearch — Searches file names and contents on macOS with typo tolerance, showing the matched line for each result.“I built a Spotlight alternative for macOS that searches inside files in ~7 ms”
- Downloads Organizer — Sorts files in a Downloads folder into destinations using editable rules, with move previews and undo.“I built a free, open-source Downloads Organizer for Windows, macOS, and Linux — looking for honest feedback”
- Drive Organizer Pro — Shows Google Drive folders as a visual tree for managing, sorting, and copying files and folder structures online.“I made a Google Drive folder tree web app because it was way too easy to get lost organizing files & folders”
- Local LLM Cleaner — Scans disks for AI model files across local AI apps, finds identical copies, and merges them via symlinks.“I built a free Windows tool that finds the AI models eating your disk and merges the duplicates”
- Teserra — Saves images, video, fonts and web pages into plain folders on a Mac and finds them by text description using a local search model.“I built Teserra, an "Obsidian for images", a native Mac library that keeps everything in plain folders”
- MemoryCleaner — Shows Windows memory usage and runs configurable manual or automatic cleanup of memory areas such as the standby list.“MemoryCleaner: a Windows memory utility with an approximately 110 KB executable”
- ZipMania — Browses archives and previews images and text inside them without extracting, then extracts selected files.“ZipMania: preview images and text inside archives before extracting”
- Sweepy — Scans chosen folders for duplicate, old, installer, and large files and moves selected ones to the Trash with undo history.“I built a pay-once Mac cleaner because my Downloads folder had 4 copies of the same PDF”
- SimpleFiles — Manages local files with a cleanup tool for leftover installer files, an AES-256 encrypted locker that streams media into memory, and spacebar file previews.“SimpleFiles: A lightweight native WinUI 3 file manager with a built-in "Installer Graveyard" and encrypted RAM streaming”
- BranchSpace — Finds reclaimable disk space in developer worktrees, package caches, Docker images and build folders, and warns before the disk fills up.“I built BranchSpace 1.1 after my Mac ran out of disk mid-session”
- Hollow — Scans a disk and draws every file as a shaded rectangle sized by its space on disk, with filters, Quick Look, Trash with undo, and a CLI.“I built a GrandPerspective-style disk visualizer for Apple silicon that scans my home folder in 5 seconds”
- EverythingMac — Searches indexed file paths on macOS quickly, with native results, file actions, previews and saved searches.“I built EverythingMac, a fast native file search app for macOS”
- OpenXplorer — Provides a file manager for Linux with tabs, clickable paths, pinned folders, search, dark mode, and network share access modeled on Windows Explorer.“OpenXplorer - a free file manager for Linux that works like Windows Explorer”
- BlitzTree — Scans disk storage on macOS and shows which folders and files take up the most space.“BlitzTree - Got annoyed there's no WizTree for Mac, so I built one”
- X Cleanup: Storage Cleaner — Finds duplicate and similar photos, screenshots, and large videos on an iPhone so the user can confirm deletions.“I built an on-device iPhone storage cleaner (duplicates, screenshots, large videos) - looking for feedback”
- DustByte: Cleaner & Monitor — Cleans caches, duplicates, large files, and leftover app data on a Mac and shows live system stats from the menu bar.“I built DustByte: Cleaner & Monitor, a privacy-first Mac cleaner with a live menu bar System Monitor, and everything runs on-device”
- FolderContents — Shows a summary of each folder's file types and file metadata directly in Finder's Comments column.“macOS: I made a DH Finder workflow for triaging my many many daily downloaded folders. Do you download more than most people?”
- twoplus11 — Offers a collection of small single-purpose desktop apps for converting media, renaming and copying files, trimming audio, recording screens to GIF, and comparing documents.“I make small, focused apps for Mac, and now Windows too. Free for personal use”
- Keep or Toss — Triages photos, videos, and files one at a time with keep-or-toss keyboard decisions, moving discarded files into a recovery folder.“Built a keyboard-driven Windows app for triaging huge photo/video libraries — giving away 1,000 free licenses to launch”
- GnamiAI — Uses AI agents to organize files on a Windows computer locally.“I built an app where AI agents organize your Windows files locally — GnamiAI.”
Most discussed
- FileXAI — Helps users find old files, screenshots, and documents stored on their phone.“A Reddit meme is about to make me my first $1,000.”
- Geode — Lets you browse files and folders as a 3D flight space in a polygonal cruiser, previewing files and playing folder music as a playlist.“I vibecoded an (almost useless but quite fun) 3D file browser with Claude.”
- ProtonSearch — Searches apps, files, file contents, OCR text, clipboard, browser history, Git commits, Windows settings and commands from one launcher window.“I Built ProtonSearch: A Local Windows Launcher That Searches Almost Everything on Your PC”
- Tintd 2 — Automatically assigns icons to new Mac folders based on their names and neighboring folders.“Automatically set folder icons on your Mac based on their names”
- Filesmash — Browses Windows files and folders in a native file manager optimized for fast folder loading, scrolling and previews.“Introducing a native Windows file browser built for racing speed, with Column View”
- undo — Restores files after accidental deletion, overwrite, rename, truncation, or permission changes by saving affected bytes before each shell command runs.“undo - A Linux CLI tool that puts your files back after you delete the wrong thing”
- Searches files on a local computer by semantic meaning, fully offline.“My app crossed $100 in revenue in 3 days. How do I maintain/increase this momentum?”
- Mole for Mac — Scans a Mac for junk files and lets the user review each path and size before removing them, sending ordinary removals to the Trash.“[Mole] - Mac cleaner I shipped as a CLI, then as a GUI after users asked”
- The Attic — Consolidates and de-duplicates personal email, photos, documents, chat logs and contacts into local archives.“I turned my family's 25-year data mess into 5 local desktop apps (no cloud, no AI) — launching on Product Hunt Sunday, would love a roast”
- claude-pc-cleanup — Scans a computer for regenerable caches and build leftovers, sorts them into safe, judgment-call, and protected groups, and deletes only after asking.“My Mac's "System Data" was 80GB so I made Claude Code clean it up for me (and now it's a public skill)”