A file organizer in Python with a window: sort a messy folder by type, date or name, with a preview first

Example result

def update_total(self, *_):
    """Adds up the lines and the tax and shows the total under the table."""
    subtotal = sum(line.hours * line.rate for line in self.lines)
    tax = round(subtotal * self.tax_rate.get() / 100, 2)
    self.subtotal_label.config(text=f"Subtotal: {subtotal:,.2f}")
    self.tax_label.config(text=f"Tax: {tax:,.2f}")
    self.total_label.config(text=f"Total: {subtotal + tax:,.2f}")

About this service

Downloads, scans, photos and documents pile up in one folder until nothing can be found. This program sorts them for you in its own window: you pick a folder, choose a rule such as by file type, by year and month or by a word in the name, see a preview of where each file will go and then press Sort. From Standard you set your own rules and the program remembers them; in Premium it adds more rules, a report of every move exported to a file, an error log and a way to put files back. We write it in Python with Tkinter, using Python's own file tools, with a README. It moves or copies files as you choose and never deletes them unless you clearly ask for that in the brief. We do not run it on your files, so try it on a copy of a folder first.

What is included

• What you getA ZIP archive with the Python code, a README on installing Python, running the program and building an .exe, and an example rules file; the code is also shown on the order page. From Standard, your rules saved to a settings file and a list of moves; in Premium, a report exported to a file and an error log.
• Preview firstSee where each file goes before anything moves
• Your rulesBy type, date, name or size
• Nothing deletedFiles are moved or copied, never erased
• Works offlineOnly your computer and your folders
• Readable codeWith comments, easy to change later

How it works

1. 1
   TaskYou describe the folder and the sorting rules
2. 2
   CodeWe write the program and the README
3. 3
   Try itYou run it on a copy of the folder
4. 4
   ChangesYou ask for changes within your package and send any error message

What we need from you

Which folder you want to sort and what is in it (a description or a screenshot of the folder is enough; never send the files themselves) and the rules: which file types go where, the folder names, how dates are used, what to do with files that have the same name. Whether files should be moved or copied, folders it must never touch, your system (Windows, macOS or Linux) and whether you want an .exe.

We will ask you:

• Which folder, and what is in it?
• How should files be sorted?
• Move or copy?
• Anything it must never do
• Which system will it run on?

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