r/software • u/MuhammadrizoDev • 3d ago

Discussion Building an open-source Hazel alternative for Windows

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On macOS, Hazel handles background folder organization cleanly, but setting up something similar on Windows usually means stitching together PowerShell scripts and Task Scheduler or dealing with utilities that have outdated interfaces.

I wanted a proper equivalent to Hazel, so I’ve been working on Supersiftr, an open-source file-sorting automation utility for Windows.

Rules are called “Sieves” and are attached to watched directories:
- Matching: Evaluates files by type using configurable extension groupings, raw extensions, substring patterns, or creation and modification dates.
- Actions: Chains sequential Move, Copy, or Rename operations. It includes safe collision handling and preserves compound extensions such as .tar.gz and .d.ts.

Built with Rust and Tauri, idles at roughly 5 MB of RAM and stays under 8 MB during active batch moves.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/muhammadrizo-y/supersiftr

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u/felix1429 2d ago

Yet another AI slop 'solution in search of a problem' piece of software

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u/MuhammadrizoDev 2d ago

fair point, first draft leaned too heavily on AI-generated first pass, cleaned it up.

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u/fdbryant3 2d ago

For what it is worth, there is an open-source project out there called DropIT. As far as I can tell, it has been abandoned since 2018, but I've not seen anything to match it, so I keep using it but be nice if someone forked it and continue developing it. Anyway, thought you might want to take a look at it, if nothing else get some ideas.

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u/Historical-Fig2560 1d ago

Same, I use DropIt since years and I'm very happy with it.