SlothFile: a file organizer that asks before it touches anything

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week3-2026-10-19">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>SlothFile</strong>, a local-first desktop app that tidies a folder without deciding anything behind your back.</p> <p>You know the folder. It is the one where <code>final_v2 (3).pdf</code> lives next to three copies of the same invoice, a scan called <code>0042.pdf</code>, and a screenshot you saved "for later" in 2023. SlothFile scans that folder, reads a short excerpt from

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week3-2026-10-19">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>SlothFile</strong>, a local-first desktop app that tidies a folder without deciding anything behind your back.</p> <p>You know the folder. It is the one where <code>final_v2 (3).pdf</code> lives next to three copies of the same invoice, a scan called <code>0042.pdf</code>, and a screenshot you saved "for later" in 2023. SlothFile scans that folder, reads a short excerpt from

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week3-2026-10-19">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>I built <strong>SlothFile</strong>, a local-first desktop app that tidies a folder without deciding anything behind your back.</p> <p>You know the folder. It is the one where <code>final_v2 (3).pdf</code> lives next to three copies of the same invoice, a scan called <code>0042.pdf</code>, and a screenshot you saved "for later" in 2023. SlothFile scans that folder, reads a short excerpt from

Evidence

SlothFile: a file organizer that asks before it touches anything

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