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File management automation tool. Version 3.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install organize.
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Linux
Ubuntu aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install organizeUbuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · organize · source: archive.ubuntu.com
overview
Package summary
File management automation tool
Project links
Commands and aliases
- organize
history
Project history and usage
organize is a Python command-line file-management automation tool. It lets users describe rules that scan locations, filter files or directories, and run actions such as move, copy, rename, delete, echo, shell, and Python snippets, with simulation before destructive changes.
Project history
The tfeldmann/organize repository was created on 2017-09-20, and the project reached a documented v1.0 release on 2018-03-13. The package is published to PyPI as organize-tool and installed as the organize executable.
The README frames organize as an open-source command-line alternative to desktop automation apps such as Hazel on macOS and File Juggler on Windows. Its documentation evolved into a rule-based system with locations, filters, actions, placeholders, duplicate detection, EXIF extraction, text extraction, and templating.
The changelog records a v2.0.0 release on 2022-02-07 and a v3.0.0 release on 2024-01-05. The README says v3 was designed to be much faster, fix many bugs, and add actions, filters, and options.
Adoption history
organize has broad hobbyist and productivity-tool adoption for a file automation CLI: the GitHub repository has thousands of stars, PyPI distribution, Read the Docs documentation, Homebrew packaging as organize-tool, and packaging signals in Linux distributions.
Its adoption is driven less by a server ecosystem and more by repeatable personal and business file workflows: organizing Downloads and Desktop folders, sorting photos by EXIF data, renaming invoices by document content, removing incomplete downloads, deleting duplicates, and automating document-handling processes.
How it is used
A normal workflow begins with organize new or organize edit to create a YAML config, organize sim to preview changes, and organize run to execute the rules. The docs emphasize simulation as a safety feature before moving, deleting, or renaming files.
Rules combine locations, targets, filters, and actions. This makes the package useful for small automations that would otherwise become one-off shell scripts, Finder/Explorer drag-and-drop work, or proprietary desktop automation rules.
Why package nerds care
organize is interesting in package metadata because the import/project identity and package-manager identity differ: the Homebrew formula is organize-tool, the PyPI package is organize-tool, and the installed command is organize.
It also shows how a desktop-style automation idea can live comfortably as a cross-platform CLI: Python package, Homebrew formula, Read the Docs site, GitHub Pages changelog, and examples written as YAML rather than GUI workflows.
Timeline
- 2017-09-20: tfeldmann/organize repository created on GitHub.
- 2018-03-13: changelog documents v1.0.
- 2022-02-07: changelog documents v2.0.0.
- 2024-01-05: changelog documents v3.0.0.
Related projects
- The README compares organize with Hazel and File Juggler. Adjacent package concepts include rule engines, duplicate-file finders, EXIF metadata tooling, document text extraction, shell automation, and cross-platform filesystem cleanup utilities.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 6 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
organize | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-26
manager version3.3.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/tfeldmann/organizenone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:organize-tool |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/organize-tool |
| Homepage | https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize |
| Repository | https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3c/bd/1b4217217aadce0d46e28042c0e06bb28863bfdfb383ce7afb18f69a1553/organize_tool-3.3.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | cryptography, freetype, libyaml, openjpeg, pydantic, python@3.14 |
| Build dependencies | cmake, ninja, rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | organize-tool |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 4 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Ubuntu apt92%
organize 2.4.0-1
File management automation tool
https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize
sudo apt install organize- Section: universe/utils
- Architecture: all
- 10 dependencies
- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Organize
source trail
Generated from repository data
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment