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Simplest File Renamer

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Rename your files directly or with your favorite text editor, making use of all your 1337 keyboard shortcuts.

Simple to use interface - that's all there is.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
4.7 / 5 Avg rating (3)
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  1.  File Renaming
  2.  Batch Rename Files
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Works Offline

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Simplest File Renamer information

  • Developed by

    US flagBoris Yakubchik
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.7
  • Alternatives

    69 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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File Management

GitHub repository

  •  104 Stars
  •  9 Forks
  •  22 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 12, 2024 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Simplest File Renamer, and it has gotten 8 likes

Simplest File Renamer was added to AlternativeTo by Boris Yakubchik on Feb 23, 2020 and this page was last updated Sep 1, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
Boris Yakubchik
Feb 23, 2020
3

I wrote this software to have a simple way to rename files. Hope you like it -- it's my favorite!

Spout
Feb 28, 2021
1

Lets you edit a list of file names in a text editor (or any other way), then paste the results into the program to apply chances.

If you are able to use the terminal but want to look at what you are doing before committing, this is just the thing. I wish there were more tools that sprinkle just a bit of GUI onto traditional CLI tools. Why not best of both worlds?

To get all the power out of this you need to be able to do sophisticated manipulations on the text files. However, it is useful without that. If you do not know terminal and aren't going to learn it today, this might be significantly faster than hand editing file names via the finder. You can use office application like Office, google docs, pages, numbers etc to edit the text if that's how you are most comfortable. Just be very sure to check no blank lines or anything get inserted when moving the text around.

Only improvement I can think of would be to add undo (maybe even persistent after app quit in case later you realize an error). There is a button that looks like undo, but it actually resets the session and commits whatever changes you have made. Don't press by mistake.

What is Simplest File Renamer?

Rename your files directly or with your favorite text editor, making use of all your 1337 keyboard shortcuts.

  1. Add files to rename
  2. Rename them inside the app or using your favorite text editor
  3. Click the "Rename" button

As simple as it can get!

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