SlothSort: The 100% Offline AI File Organizer for Supreme Laziness 🦥

Description and use

SlothSort is an offline AI-powered file organizer that automatically classifies, renames, and moves files into organized folders using a local llama3.2:3b model, eliminating manual effort and preserving privacy.

Problem

Digital hoarding and cluttered inboxes make manual file organization tedious and time-consuming.

Outcome

SlothSort autonomously organizes files in an inbox or Downloads folder, reducing manual organization time from 15–30 minutes per week to zero, while maintaining privacy and operating offline.

Workflow

• Drop a file into the inbox/ directory or enable the background watcher to monitor the Downloads folder.
• SlothSort peeks inside the file, extracting snippets from text, scripts, or PDFs.
• It consults a local open-weight AI (llama3.2:3b via Ollama) to understand context and determine the ideal category.
• The agent smartly renames the file to a descriptive snake_case name.
• It handles duplicate name collisions automatically and moves the file to the appropriate organized/ subfolder.
• If the AI is offline or warming up, a deterministic regex/keyword rule engine ensures no file is stranded.
• The Live Watcher Daemon (python sloth_sort.py --watch) continuously monitors the inbox for new files.
• All operations run 100% offline, preserving privacy and incurring no API costs.

Evidence

SlothSort: The 100% Offline AI File Organizer for Supreme Laziness 🦥

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Drop any messy file into the inbox/ directory (or let the background watcher monitor your downloads), and SlothSort: Peeks inside the file: Extracts snippets from text files, scripts, or PDFs.

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Local Inference Engine: Powered by Ollama running Meta's llama3.2:3b model. On an everyday developer laptop GPU (an RTX 3050 6GB), it offloads 100% of layers to VRAM, evaluating prompts at >2,200 tokens/sec and generating responses at ~54 tokens/sec.

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Total Privacy for Sensitive Personal Documents: Would you send your bank statements, medical bills, college grade sheets, or tax forms to a third-party closed cloud API every time you organize your desktop? Absolutely not.

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