Folder Organizer

Automatically organize your ~/Downloads folder by file type (images, videos, documents, etc.) and keep it clean in real-time. This script moves files into subfolders based on their MIME type, shows progress, and optionally monitors the folder for new files.

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✨ Features

• 📂 Automatically categorizes and moves files based on type
• 🎯 Detects MIME type using python-magic (accurate over just file extensions)
• 🔄 Real-time monitoring with watchdog
• 📦 Progress bar during large file transfers
• 📜 Organizes existing files on startup

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📁 Categories

Files are automatically moved into the following folders inside ~/Downloads:

Category	Folder Name	Emoji
Images	Images	🖼️
Videos	Videos	🎞️
Audio	Audio	🎵
Documents	Documents	📄📊
Archives	Archives	🗜️
Others	Others	📦

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Install Requirements

pip install python-magic watchdog

On macOS, you may need libmagic:

brew install libmagic

2. Run the Script

python main.py

It will:

• Organize existing files.
• Ask to start real-time monitoring (press y to enable).

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🛠️ Customization

• Edit EXTENSION_TO_FOLDER dictionary in the script to add or modify MIME-based rules.

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🙌 Contributions & Credits

Created by [Your Name]

Pull requests welcome!

Special thanks to:

• python-magic
• watchdog

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🏷 GitHub Topics

python
file-management
automation
downloads
organizer
watchdog
file-sorter
real-time
python-magic

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