DotSort was born from a personal need: I use Obsidian to take notes, but as my number of notes grew, managing them became a mess.
As a Mexican developer, I use the date format dd-mm-yyyy to name my files. Over time, this made it harder to keep my notes sorted correctly—especially in systems that don't naturally sort dates in this format. Here's a visual example of the issue:
To solve this, I created DotSort — a simple tool to help me (and now, maybe you too) organize date-based files more effectively.
- 🔄 Rename files from
dd-mm-yyyyformat toyyyy-mm-dd(ISO-friendly). - 🗂️ Automatically create folders like
01-january-2025and move files into the correct folder based on the date. - 🧠 (Coming soon): A smart sorter that organizes files based on their file type/extension.
DotSort is a CLI-first tool designed to help users organize files efficiently by standardizing file names and structuring directories by date or type. The project will evolve over time to include a visual interface and extended customization options.
Goal: Provide a functional, easy-to-use command-line tool to organize files.
- Interactive CLI using
inquirer. - Commands:
- Standardize file names with dates.
- Organize files into folders by date.
- Group files by extension (coming soon).
- Support for multiple date formats.
- Multilanguage support (English/Spanish).
- Exportable as an executable (
npm link,pkg). - Logging and summaries of operations.
- Basic tests for core utilities (
date-utils, renaming, etc).
Goal: Make DotSort accessible to non-technical users through a desktop application.
- Visual interface to browse folders and define rules.
- Preview of changes before execution.
- Operation history and undo capability.
- "One-click organize" mode.
- Multi-platform packaging (macOS, Windows, Linux).
Stay tuned and feel free to contribute or suggest features via GitHub!
“DotSort” is inspired by dotfiles in Linux (hidden files starting with .), and the idea of bringing order to file chaos—starting with something as small as a dot.