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Sift
Organize messy folders safely from your terminal
Sift is an open-source, local-first CLI that safely organizes messy folders. Preview every change with dry-run, apply only when you're ready, automate with rules and watch mode, protect sensitive files, and undo supported operations.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Sift because I kept ending up with messy folders — Downloads, Desktop, project folders, temporary files — and I wanted a better way to organize them without blindly trusting an automated tool with my filesystem.
That became the core idea behind Sift: automation should be useful, but safe by default.
Sift is an open-source, local-first CLI written in Rust. You can enter a folder, run sift, and see what it plans to do before anything changes. Dry-run is the default, and changes only happen when you explicitly use --apply.
Along the way, I added configurable rules, watch mode, history and undo, protections for sensitive files, and several safeguards against accidental changes.
What started as a tool for cleaning up my own messy folders became something I thought other developers might find useful too.
I’d love feedback, especially around the safety model, automation rules, and what kinds of folder workflows you’d like Sift to handle next.
Thanks for checking it out! ❤️
About Sift on Product Hunt
“Organize messy folders safely from your terminal”
Sift was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #83 on the daily leaderboard. Sift is an open-source, local-first CLI that safely organizes messy folders. Preview every change with dry-run, apply only when you're ready, automate with rules and watch mode, protect sensitive files, and undo supported operations.
On the analytics side, Sift competes within Open Source, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 630k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Sift performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Sift?
Sift was hunted by Sérgio Cardoso. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Sift including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Sérgio Cardoso