bobnarizes
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Comment · 5 months ago
A clear sign for me is always the use of long em dashes ⸺
Comment · 5 months ago
(+ Germany and Mexico)
Comment · 8 months ago
Building https://floxtop.com, a native Mac app that organizes and rename your files with reliable AI.
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then suggest the right folder for you.
Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
It works in 50 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish) and with images (OCR and object recognition), PDFs, Microsoft Office, ePubs, text, Markdown, and many other file types.
For messy folders anywhere on the Mac, Floxtop can help.
Comment · 9 months ago
Building https://floxtop.com, a native Mac app that organizes your files with reliable AI.
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then suggest the right folder for you.
Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
It works in 50 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish) and with images (OCR and object recognition), PDFs, Microsoft Office, ePubs, text, Markdown, and many other file types.
Next, rename files based on their content (e.g. 123023dfawjher.pdf → finance_chart_fy26.pdf).
For messy folders anywhere on the Mac, Floxtop can help.
Comment · 10 months ago
Floxtop never creates or changes your folder structure. You decide where files should live by creating categories. A category has two things:
1. A short description of what kind of files belong there
2. A specific folder on your Mac as the destination
When you drop unsorted files into Floxtop, it looks inside each file, understands what it’s about, and compares it with your categories. Instead of picking a single place, Floxtop suggests the five most likely destinations, ordered by confidence.
Nothing happens automatically:
- Files are never moved on their own
- You review the suggestions and decide what gets moved
- If a file doesn’t clearly belong anywhere, it stays untouched
Floxtop helps you decide where things belong — the final action is always yours.
Comment · 10 months ago
Building https://floxtop.com, a native Mac app that organizes your files.
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then moves it to the right folder for you.
Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
It works in 50 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish) and with images (OCR and object recognition), PDFs, Microsoft Office, ePubs, text, Markdown, and many other file types.
For messy folders anywhere on the Mac, Floxtop can help.
Comment · 10 months ago
I’ve seen a huge advantage in running everything fully local and private. Not sure if that fits your use case, though. Nearly 90% of Floxtop users choose the app mainly for that privacy focus.
Comment · 10 months ago
Not Apple Foundation Models — unfortunately they’re not capable enough (yet) for understanding content and matching it to folders.
I’m using SBERT-style embedding models for the semantic matching, which works very well in practice.
For non-text content, the app also analyzes images (OCR + object recognition) using Apple’s Vision framework. That part is surprisingly powerful, especially on Apple Silicon.
> I need to do something for images that are already classified/tagged via FastVLM
What’s the concrete use case you’re targeting with this?
Comment · 10 months ago
Side project: A native macOS app in Swift that runs locally and uses AI to clean and organize files by moving them into the best-matching folders. No backend or accounts. https://floxtop.com
Full-time: C++ work on nearby connectivity (bluetooth) for embedded / industrial devices (factory equipment). Deep stack, hardware constraints, long lifecycles, high reliability.
Non-web work feels very different: stronger constraints, slower but deliberate releases, and bugs are much more expensive. There’s a lot of interesting software being built far away from HTTP and browsers.
Comment · 10 months ago
There is no automatic execution — nothing is moved without your confirmation.
Floxtop suggests the top 5 destination folders where a file could best belong. You stay fully in control: you can choose one of the suggestions, move files individually or in bulk (Move All), or select a completely custom folder location at any time.
If you change your mind, you can Undo per file or use Undo All to revert the entire operation.
Comment · 10 months ago
Building https://floxtop.com, a native Mac app that organizes your files.
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then moves it to the right folder for you.
Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
It works in 50 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish) and with images (OCR and object recognition), PDFs, Microsoft Office, ePubs, text, Markdown, and many other file types.
If you have messy folders anywhere on your Mac, Floxtop can help.
Comment · 10 months ago
HUMAN
A highly social, relatively hairless bipedal ape that was once a nomadic hunter-gatherer, but has adapted to create websites. :)
Comment · 11 months ago
Hi, thanks for the feedback.
1. A Homebrew option isn’t available yet, but it’s something I’m open to exploring. Homebrew doesn’t currently support payments or license handling for paid apps, so Floxtop doesn’t fit perfectly into their workflow. For now, it’s available via direct download from the website.
2. Multi-language support. Yes — I’m actively working on this. Which languages would be most important for you? That helps me prioritize.
3. Moving files to mounted folders (e.g., Google Drive) Great suggestion. I’ll look into this, as supporting mounted cloud folders could be very helpful for many users.
Comment · 11 months ago
Hi HN, Floxtop is a native macOS app that organizes files and images by their content — not just their names. It runs fully offline on Apple Silicon, with no servers, no cloud, and no data leaving your machine.
Problem: My Downloads and Desktop folders would fill up with PDFs, screenshots, and random files, making cleanup and finding the right file frustrating and time-consuming. Solution: Floxtop uses Sentence Transformers (SBERT) to embed document text and metadata, plus OCR and object recognition to read images. It groups and classifies files by semantic similarity — all locally, so your sensitive files (finance, medical, personal, etc.) stay private.
Current version: Supports 30+ file types including images, Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDFs, EPUBs, Markdown, CSV, and more. Parsing and classifying 50 files takes around 17 seconds. It integrates with Finder (right-click > Organize with Floxtop), Quick Look + thumbnails, and includes keyboard shortcuts for a fast workflow. Currently, Intel Macs are not supported and it only works with English-language files.
I launched an early beta ~3 months ago, Fallinorg (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932375), and have since built out more features based on user feedback. I’d love your feedback on classification workflows, missing features, pricing, usability, and potential bulk operations or integrations. Happy to answer questions and share implementation details!
Free version here - requires macOS 15+ with Apple Silicon: https://github.com/taranntell/fallinorg/releases/download/1....
Demo video: https://floxtop.com/assets/demo.mp4
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then moves it to the right folder for you. Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
If you have messy folders anywhere on your Mac, Floxtop can help.
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