Simpler FileBot 🗃️

This is a batch file-renaming GUI tool for movies and tv shows.

Simpler FileBot is built using PySide6 and is designed with Windows 11 in mind!

Special thanks to guessit for analyzing and providing the metadata for filenames.

Requirements

• Python 3.10 - 3.13 (PySide6 does NOT support 3.14 yet) - Installation help: [Windows] [Mac] [Linux]

  Make sure pip is installed and Python is added to your environment variables.

Modern PySide6 UI

Light & Dark Mode

Installation

Download Source Code

Python

• pip install -r requirements.txt

• py main.py

Windows

• Run install_dependencies.bat

• Use launcher.bat to open Simpler FileBot

ChromeOS / Crostini Support

If you're running Simpler FileBot on ChromeOS using the Linux (Crostini) environment, you'll need to install additional X11 dependencies for proper Qt support:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 \
    libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 \
    libxcb-xfixes0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0

The application will automatically detect ChromeOS/Crostini and switch to X11 mode for better stability. Without these dependencies, you may encounter Qt Wayland errors.

Supported Databases

Simpler FileBot uses the following databases/APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved.

Source [Python Library]

Source [Python Library] (Requires an API key at Link)

Source [Python Library] (Requires an API key at Link)

Simpler FileBot also supports matching solely using the guessit library.