# Install organize-tool with Homebrew, apt File management automation tool. Version 3.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with ubuntu: sudo apt install organize. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:organize-tool ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install organize-tool ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install organize ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: organize from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:organize-tool - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 3.3.0 - **Source summary:** File management automation tool - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00 ## Executables - organize (cli) - organize (alias) ## Dependencies - cryptography - freetype - libyaml - openjpeg - pydantic - python@3.14 ## Build dependencies - cmake - ninja - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-26 - Package-manager version: 3.3.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## 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 Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Ubuntu apt - organize - 2.4.0-1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: organize from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | File management automation tool | https://github.com/tfeldmann/organize ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Productivity CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openjpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openlist](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openlist/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [prefixsuffix](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prefixsuffix/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [ctpv](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ctpv/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [elio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/elio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [far2l-tty](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/far2l-tty/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [fdclone](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fdclone/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [filebrowser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/filebrowser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [lf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, file-management, productivity. - [bagels](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bagels/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, libyaml, productivity, pydantic, python. - [buku](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buku/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, libyaml, productivity, python. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/organize-tool.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/organize-tool.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph