Ant Renamer Alternatives for Linux

Ant Renamer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is KRename, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Ant Renamer and 19 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Ant Renamer are F2, PowerRenameExt, Thunar Bulk Renamer and Métamorphose v2.

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  1. KRename icon
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    KRename is a powerful batch renamer for KDE. It allows you to easily rename hundreds or even more files in one go. The filenames can be created by parts of the original filename, numbering the files or accessing hundreds of informations about the file, like creation date or Exif...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  2. F2 icon
     12 likes
    • F2 helps you organise your filesystem through batch renaming so that your files and directories can have a consistent naming scheme.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. PowerRenameExt is a cross-platform bulk renaming tool conceived as a powered-up version of Microsoft's PowerRename tool (part of the PowerToys suite), with extra added functionality such as the ability to use functions in order to compute the replacements, which in turn...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Thunar Bulk Renamer included in the default installation of the XFCE Desktop Environment as part of the Thunar file manager and available as a stand-alone installation in others. It saves the configuration between sessions, and has a very simple to use GUI interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
  5. Métamorphose v2 is a batch renamer, a program to rename large sets of files and folders quickly... Created by Ianaré Sévi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. A portable file rename tool. File rename tool can rename, lowcase, upcase large numbers of files. It's a quick and powerful tool written in C with extended regular expression supporting for searching and substituting pattern strings in filenames.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Métamorphose icon
     21 likes

    Métamorphose is a batch renamer, a program to rename large sets of files and folders quickly and easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • OpenSolaris
     
  8. Rename your files directly or with your favorite text editor, making use of all your 1337 keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. GPRename icon
     12 likes

    GPRename is a complete batch renamer for files and directories and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. EXIF ReName icon
     6 likes

    EXIF ReName is a program to name the pictures after the date and time the picture was taken.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11.  3 likes

    vimv is a terminal-based file rename utility that lets you easily mass-rename files using Vim. It lets you leverage the power of Vim, for example use visual selection to delete a prefix from all files or use search and replace to match patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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