Let it sort.
Take any move back.

FileMoth files your downloads, desktop and scans into the folders you already use, by rules you can read. Every move is logged, and one click puts it back.

Coming 19 January See how it works

14 days with everything on. No card, no account.

Menu bar app for macOS 26 · Apple silicon

Sample workflow, drawn from the app's real screens

How it works

A file arrives. A rule you can read moves it. You can always take it back.

  1. 1 · Arrives

    FileMoth waits until a download has finished, then reads only what your rules ask for: the name, the kind, the text in a PDF, where it came from.

  2. 2 · Matches a rule

    Rules read like sentences. Start with the ready ones, or describe what you want and Magic Rules drafts them. A preview shows the exact path first.

  3. 3 · Moved, logged, undoable

    Never deletes. Never overwrites: a name clash keeps both files. History stays on disk, so Undo works next month too.

Safe by design

What FileMoth will never do.

  • Delete a file

    Not a file, not a folder. Undo puts things back where they were.

  • Overwrite anything

    If the name is taken, both files stay: Invoice.pdf and Invoice 2.pdf.

  • Grab a half-finished download

    A file is sorted only once it has stopped growing.

  • Guess where a file goes

    If no rule fits, the file stays put and FileMoth tells you why.

  • Move things when you add a rule

    Adding or changing a rule moves nothing. New files follow it from then on.

  • Tidy old files without asking

    Files already in a folder stay until you use Sort Now, which shows every move first.

Skipped

When it can't sort a file, it says why.

Every file FileMoth leaves alone is listed in the menu bar with a plain reason. Nothing is skipped silently.

No rule fits
Make a rule from the file, move it once, or leave it.
Still copying
It waits, and sorts the file once it's done.
Drive unplugged
It waits for the drive to come back.

Add a folder. It already knows what to do.

Every watched folder starts with four rules you can read and change, filing into plain folders next to it. No library, no database of your files.

  • Rule

    Archives

    .dmg .zip .pkg and 6 more → Archives

  • Rule

    Movies

    .mp4 .mov .mkv and 4 more → Movies

  • Rule

    Pictures

    .jpg .heic .png and 6 more → Pictures

  • Rule

    Documents

    .pdf .docx .pages and 12 more → Documents

Magic Rules

Want more? Say it in a sentence.

Magic Rules drafts the rules with Apple Intelligence, on your Mac. It reads file names only. You tick the ones to keep, and adding them moves nothing.

Invoices and receipts go to Paperwork, by year.
name contains "invoice" → Paperwork/{year}
name contains "receipt" → Paperwork/{year}

Sentences need a Mac with Apple Intelligence switched on. A rule per kind of file works on every Mac.

Paperwork and scans

It reads the scan, so you don't have to rename it.

FileMoth reads the text in PDFs and scans, takes the date the document names (Invoice date, Fakturadato, Factuurdatum) rather than a due date, and files it in a folder per year.

BeforeDownloads/Scan 0001.pdf
Text read on your Mac Date printed in it: 31.10.2026 Title by Apple Intelligence, if you switch it on
AfterAdmin/Forsikring/2026/2026-10-31 Forsikringsbevis innbo.pdfUndo

A title can be wrong. Undo brings back the old name and the old place.

For RAW + JPEG shooters

Named by your camera, not guessed by a model.

FileMoth names each shot from what the camera already wrote: the date taken, the camera, the order you shot in. The RAW, the JPEG, the sidecar and the Live Photo movie move as one set, get one name, and come back with one Undo.

  • Date taken, not date copied

    Folders and names follow when you shot, even if you empty the card a month later.

  • Straight from the card

    Watch a card's DCIM folder and its subfolders. Thousands of files at once, with a Stop button.

  • Not a catalog

    FileMoth moves files. Point it at folders Lightroom or Capture One don't manage.

Private and light

Nothing about your files leaves your Mac.

One small app. No account, no model to download, no analytics in the app.

Pricing

Pay once.
Keep it.

No subscription and no account. Try it first, then pay once.

Free trial

14 days

$0for 14 days

  • Every feature, nothing locked
  • No card and no account
  • When it ends, sorting pauses. History and Undo keep working.
Coming 19 January

$29once

$49once

  • Everything in the app. No tiers.
  • Every 1.x update, scenes and places included
  • Works offline, nothing about your files leaves your Mac
  • 14 days to change your mind
Buy at launchBuy at launch

Founding moths: the first 100 licences are $19.

Coming in free updates for every 1.x licence: scenes in 1.1, places in 1.2, and assistants after 1.0.

Questions

Does it use AI?

Only where it helps, and only on your Mac. Apple Intelligence can title a scanned document and draft rules. It never decides where a file goes; your rules do. No model to download, nothing sent.

Will it move things I don't want moved?

Only files that match a rule you can read. Files already in a folder stay until you use Sort Now, which shows every move first. Every move can be undone.

Which Macs does it run on?

macOS 26 on Apple silicon. Titles and Magic Rules sentences need a Mac with Apple Intelligence switched on.

What happens when the trial ends?

Sorting pauses. History and Undo keep working, so nothing is stuck. If you buy and change your mind, you have 14 days to get your money back.

Does it work with iCloud Drive?

Not yet.

Can I use it with Lightroom or Capture One?

FileMoth moves files, so point it at folders a catalog does not manage.