Organize your files into Year/Month folders based on their timestamps
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- 📁 Auto Organization — Creates year folders (e.g.,
2024) and month subfolders (e.g.,01-January) - 🕐 Timestamp-based — Uses file modification dates to determine the correct folder
- 🖥️ Cross-platform — Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- ⚡ Fast & Efficient — Built with Go for blazing fast file operations
- 🎨 Modern UI — Clean, intuitive interface built with Fyne
- 🔒 Safe — Skips files that already exist at destination, no overwrites
Launch the application
Select a folder to organize
Files organized into Year/Month folders
- Select a folder containing files you want to organize
- Click "Organize Files" to start
- Done! Files are moved to Year/Month folders
Downloads/ Downloads/
├── vacation.jpg (Mar 2024) ├── 2023/
├── birthday.jpg (Mar 2024) │ └── 12-December/
├── christmas.jpg (Dec 2023) → │ └── christmas.jpg
└── new-year.jpg (Jan 2024) └── 2024/
├── 01-January/
│ └── new-year.jpg
└── 03-March/
├── vacation.jpg
└── birthday.jpg
Get the latest release for your platform from the Releases page or the website.
| Platform | Download |
|---|---|
| Windows | declutter-windows.exe |
| macOS | declutter-darwin |
| Linux | declutter-linux |
Important
macOS Users: When opening the app for the first time, you may see a "Malware" warning. This is because the app is not notarized. See our Gatekeeper guide for a safe, one-time workaround (Right-click -> Open).
Note
Windows Users: Windows Defender may show a false positive warning. This is a common issue with Go applications and is completely safe. See our Windows Defender troubleshooting guide for solutions.
- Go 1.21+
- Platform dependencies:
Linux:
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libxrandr-dev pkg-configmacOS: Xcode command line tools
Windows: MinGW or similar C compiler
git clone https://github.com/dale-tomson/declutter.git
cd declutter
go mod tidy
go build -o declutter ../declutter- Launch Declutter
- Click Select Folder and choose a folder with files to organize
- Review the file count in the activity log
- Click Organize Files and confirm
- Watch the progress as files are moved to their Year/Month folders
go test ./...declutter/
├── main.go # Application entry point
├── internal/
│ ├── icon/ # Embedded app icon
│ ├── organizer/ # File organization logic
│ ├── theme/ # Custom Fyne theme
│ ├── ui/ # User interface
│ └── version/ # Version information
├── docs/ # GitHub Pages website
└── scripts/ # Helper scripts (version bumping)
go install fyne.io/tools/cmd/fyne@latest
fyne package -name "Declutter" # Current platform
fyne package -os windows -name "Declutter" # Windows
fyne package -os darwin -name "Declutter" # macOS
fyne package -os linux -name "Declutter" # LinuxMIT License — feel free to use this project for personal or commercial purposes.
See CHANGELOG.md for a list of all changes, or browse individual release notes in the docs/changelogs folder.
Latest: v1.1.3 - macOS packaging improvements (.app bundle), documentation updates, and project restructuring.
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:
- 🐛 Report bugs by opening an issue
- 💡 Suggest features or improvements
- 🔧 Submit pull requests