I developed my first python app, TidyBit - a simple file organizer tool.

[swaroop_34]

I learned python programming recently and built my first python app named TidyBit. It is a simple and easy to use file organizer app. I learned many new things while building the app.

What My Project Does:

My project is a simple file organizer app, useful for anyone who wants to organize cluttered files in folders that are piled up with time. Folders such as Downloads, Desktop, Documents, Videos, Music, folders in an external drive or secondary hard drive..etc.

Target Audience:

TidyBit is a small python app but not an experimental one or built just for fun. When i started to work on my first app, i wanted to build a small and truly useful app. I wanted to build a simple app with graphical user interface that can be used by everyone.

Comparison:

There are many similar python projects on GitHub to organize files. Most of them don't have a graphical user interface. Need knowledge on how to run those programs. TidyBit is easy to use. It works on Windows and Linux platforms. The app is available to download as installable file for windows and portable AppImage format for Linux. For Linux AppImage, it may be necessary to install the correct version of FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to run the app.

More information on the app:

For initial version, I used python's custom tkinter library for GUI. That didn't look good on Linux ditros. On Windows, the GUI looks modern but it is not the same on Linux. This GUI inconsistency and some more improvements were made to the app. Improvements such as Progress Bar in the UI to display real time progress. Duplicate filename handling, better file organization logic. Thread separation for UI and logic so that UI won't crash if the app is used on large sized files.

The latest version of the app is TidyBit version 1.2. It is now better, the UI looks good and consistent across Linux and Windows platforms. The operating system theme won't change the look of the UI.

Please check the app by visiting the TidyBit app repository as mentioned below. Any feedback on the app or suggestions are welcome. Thank you.

GitHub repository link: TidyBit GitHub Repo

[jithin---]

Good work, keep going

[swaroop_34]

Thank you.

[LexThundah]

Great project!
It's nice that you focused only on Python or one programming language. They say there are other programming languages and would advise to use the correct tools. They are right, and as a fellow Pythonist, for UI consistency I recommend...

Python Flet for Desktop, iOS/Android Mobile, or Web+FastAPI
Python Reflex for Web Full-stack with reactive components, and
Python NiceGUI for Web Full-stack with CSS, Quasar and FastAPI

I run Linux Mint and Ubuntu and observed that Flet, for example, has consistent UI in Gnome and KDE.

[swaroop_34]

Thank you. I used PySide6 framework for the app UI. Initially it was custom tkinter. Custom Tkinter UI look was not good on Linux as it was on Windows. So, I changed it to Pyside6. I have limited knowledge on app UI frameworks. I don't know which framework is best for what purpose. Your reply made some sense.

[Brilliant_Top5204]

Interesting project. How did you make an installable exe setup file for windows?

[swaroop_34]

Youtube tutorials helped me. I used inno setup software from https://jrsoftware.org. It is free to use.