Drop Zone AlternativesFile Managers and other similar apps like Drop Zone

Drop Zone is described as 'Create simple drag-n-drop windows to quickly copy or move files. After dropping files or folders onto a Drop Zone window, a menu of paths you've configured will pop up, allowing you to quickly copy or move files to those destinations' and is a File Manager in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Drop Zone for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best Drop Zone alternative is DropIt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Drop Zone are Hazel, Easy File Organizer, DeClutter: File Tagger and Organizer and Hygeia.

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Create simple drag-n-drop windows to quickly copy or move files. After dropping files or folders onto a Drop Zone window,...

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Drop Zone alternatives page was last updated Feb 5, 2025
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  1. DropIt icon
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    When you need to organize files, DropIt can eliminate much of the drudgery of searching and manually opening folders and moving files around.

    15 DropIt alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    DropIt Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  File Organizer
    3.  Multiple languages
    4.  AES Encryption

    DropIt VS Drop Zone

     
    • DropIt is the most popular Windows alternative to Drop Zone.

    • DropIt is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Drop Zone.

    • DropIt is Free and Open SourceDrop Zone is Free and Proprietary
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    Automated organization for your Mac.

    29 Hazel alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Hazel Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Custom rules
    3.  Visual scripting

    Hazel VS Drop Zone

     
    • Hazel is the most popular Mac alternative to Drop Zone.

    • Hazel is the most popular commercial alternative to Drop Zone.

    • Hazel is Paid and ProprietaryDrop Zone is Free and Proprietary
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    Organize Files, Folders and Desktop Easily on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Easy File Organizer Features

    1.  Multi Folders Selection
    2.  Rule based
    3.  Custom rules
    4.  File Organizer

    Easy File Organizer VS Drop Zone

     
    • Easy File Organizer is the most popular Linux alternative to Drop Zone.

    • Easy File Organizer is Paid and ProprietaryDrop Zone is Free and Proprietary
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    The application automatically processes files and folders based on the rules specified by the user.

    The app is open source, based on Python/PySide2.

    16 DeClutter: File Tagger and Organizer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    DeClutter: File Tagger and Organizer Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2.  Auto-delete files
    3.  Tagging
    4.  Custom rules

    DeClutter: File Tagger and Organizer VS Drop Zone

     
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    Hygeia is an intelligent, versatile product that makes your digital life easier by helping you to automate your everyday processes and tasks in a slick way. Hygeia offers a wide range of automation capabilities such as files relocation, bulk renaming, deletion of files and much...

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Apparently abandoned. Last update was in 2012. See http://www.purllow.com/release-notes/

    Hygeia Features

    1.  Watch Folder
    2.  Actions

    Hygeia VS Drop Zone

     
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    Limagito file mover software is used for automatic moving of files. This filemover automation tool can move, delete or copy files that are added to a specific folder. You can set file and directory filters based on the file name, date and size.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Limagito FileMover VS Drop Zone

     
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    Rinse is a windows file organizer/cleaning software, with Rinse you can organize all your files however you’d like in an instant. Rinse provides an easy to use UI to organize your computer files in the easiest way yet.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Rinse Organizer Features

    1.  File Organizer
    2.  Automate File Organization

    Rinse Organizer VS Drop Zone

     
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    Intelligent Copier is an automatic file mover and copier. It offers a window that you can drag files onto, and will then copy or move them based on your settings. For example, you could choose to move all .mp3 files into the C:Music folder or copy any .

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Intelligent Copier VS Drop Zone

     
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    MoveOut will help you make rules to move files automatically. Use it to make a rule that moves files from the desktop to a subfolder, based on file type, part of a filename, or whatever.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MoveOut VS Drop Zone

     
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    Tool to check directories in regular intervals for new files and move specific files to another folder.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    from the official website: "Note: This project is discontinued, there will be no updates for Download Mover! The latest version is still available for download."

    Download Mover Features

    1.  Portable

    Download Mover VS Drop Zone

     
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    FileSorter is a highly efficient and lightweight Windows tool that can sort and organize all files in multiple folders according to different file attributes such as formats, dates, sizes and names.

    22 FileSorter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FileSorter Features

    1.  File Organizer
    2.  Automate File Organization

    FileSorter VS Drop Zone

     
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