📁 File Organizer

A simple and fast file organizer written in Rust. Automatically sorts files in a folder by file type (extension) or last modified date.

🚀 Features

• ✅ Sort files by type (--mode type)
• 📆 Sort files by last modified date (--mode date)
• 📂 Organizes files into subfolders
• 🧼 Skips directories and hidden files
• ⚡ Built with performance in mind

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/GolgothaAksanti/file-organizer-rust.git
cd file-organizer-rust

2. Build the project

Make sure you have Rust installed: https://rustup.us

cargo build --release

The binary will be located at target/release/rust-file-orginizer

🛠 Usage

cargo run -- --folder <folder_path> --mode <type|date>

Examples

Sort by file type (extension):

cargo run -- --folder ./downloads --mode type

Result:

downloads/
├── jpg/
│   └── image.jpg
├── pdf/
│   └── document.pdf

Sort by file date:

cargo run -- --folder ./downloads --mode date

Result:

downloads/
├── 2025-06-07/
│   └── example.txt

📄 Arguments

Argument	Short	Required	Description
--folder	-f	✅	Path to the folder to organize
--mode	-m	✅	Sorting mode:type or date

🧪 Testing

Use a test folder with mixed files and run:

cargo run -- --folder ./test --mode type
# or
cargo run -- --folder ./test --mode date

✨ Future Improvements

• Recursive folder scanning

• Custom destination folder

• Undo option

• Config file support (TOML/YAML)

• GUI version with Tauri or egui

👨‍💻 Author

Made with 🦀 by Golgotha Aksanti