# TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper

Script that organizes the Google Takeout archive into one big chronological folder

Repository: https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/googlephotostakeouthelper
Homepage: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gpth-bin
Language: Dart
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-photos, google-takeout, exif, exif-data, python-scripts, json
Last push: 2025-01-29T08:39:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 25/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 4, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2344, "days_push": 581, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5878, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:31.895712+00:00)

## What it is
A command-line tool that reorganizes a Google Takeout export of Google Photos into a single chronological folder, fixing file modification timestamps from the Takeout JSON metadata. It is written in Dart and distributed as prebuilt executables for major platforms.

## Use cases
- migrate photos out of Google Photos to another platform
- flatten messy Google Takeout export into one folder
- fix wrong file timestamps on exported photos
- organize takeout photos chronologically by month
- prepare Google Photos archive for import into Immich or Nextcloud

## When to choose
- you downloaded a Google Takeout export and face hundreds of scattered folders with JSON sidecar files
- you want correct last-modified dates so other tools sort your photos properly
- you want a simple interactive CLI with prebuilt binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or fully automated cloud migration service
- you want actively extended features - a more developed fork exists
- your export is not from Google Photos/Takeout

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, cli, developer-tools
- domain: files, media, self-hosted, privacy
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: google-photos, google-takeout, exif, photo-migration, dart, file-organization, photos, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper (main) score 25

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.895712+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:51:34.299576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:31.895712+00:00, sha 8d80f8b8d52d)
  - homepage: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gpth-bin (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:59.204532+00:00, sha 9b1d2dbd9754)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.