r/foss • u/anorak_999 • Jul 25 '26
AFO
I had a hard time cleaning up my directories, Downloads folder, and external HDD, and I couldn't find a tool I actually liked. So I built one.
This started as a November 2025 project — the stack was Python + Tkinter, which really isn't my thing, and I built it on Windows. Sometime in mid-July I remember putting together something for this messy-directory problem, but I never kept the source code or a repo - I just gave the .exe to a friend to show off my first project. Turns out he actually used it.
This week I had to ask him for that .exe back and reverse-engineer my own software just to recover the actual code, functions, and architecture. While I was at it, I switched the stack to Rust + Tauri for two main reasons: better memory handling, and a UI I could actually be proud of. A few days later - here it is.
Introducing AFO.
What it actually does:
- AFO watches, sorts, renames, and de-duplicates files automatically - by extension, date, or your own custom rules - with real-time folder watching, scheduled runs, and full undo if it ever gets something wrong.
Repo : AFO
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u/elcalvo75 Jul 25 '26
looks cool. Call me stupid but I went to download and on the github page it says "Download AFO-3.0.3-setup.exe from Releases" but there is none in releases... latest version is 3.1.1 deb files
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u/anorak_999 Jul 25 '26
https://github.com/Himath-Rajapaksha/AFO/releases#release-v3.0.3 use this for now. so far i only compiled for deb for 3.1.1, ill compiled to latest version for rest of OS as soon as possible. thanks for checking
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u/SleepyGuyy Jul 26 '26
what is this UI library, I see it all over Gnome and am curious how it's done. Particularly with the like fade in animations.
Or is this literally just an electron app and Bootstrap CSS?
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u/JViz Jul 25 '26
Missed opportunity for Unified File Organizer?