# maid/maid

Be lazy.  Let Maid clean up after you, based on rules you define.  Think of it as "Hazel for hackers".

Repository: https://github.com/maid/maid
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/maid-maid
Homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/maid
Language: Ruby
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-06-18T01:09:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5583, "days_push": 77, "days_rel": 277, "gap_med": 121.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1908, forks 85 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:52.967268+00:00)

## What it is
Maid is a Ruby-based command-line tool that automatically cleans up and organizes files based on user-defined rules written in Ruby. It is inspired by the macOS shareware program Hazel and is described as 'Hazel for hackers'.

## Use cases
- automatically clean up my downloads folder
- organize files by rules like Hazel but on Linux
- delete old temporary files that haven't been touched in a while
- categorize and move files based on custom rules
- batch rename files with advanced logic
- run scheduled file cleanup tasks

## When to choose
- you want Hazel-like automated file organization on Linux or macOS
- you're comfortable writing rules in Ruby and need flexible file management logic
- you want a scriptable, logged, non-destructive file cleanup tool

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based file organization tool
- you're not comfortable with Ruby or writing code for rules
- you need cross-platform support including Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, workflow-automation, cli
- domain: files, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli, ruby
- tags: file-organization, hazel-alternative, ruby-dsl, file-cleanup, rules-engine, automation, command-line, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- maid/maid (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:52.967268+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 2026-08-30T03:11:13.380153+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/maid/maid (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:52.967268+00:00, sha a56466892eaa)
  - homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/maid (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:18.168251+00:00, sha 6322facfe97f)
  - site_page: https://guides.rubygems.org/command-reference (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:18.170824+00:00, sha ef62154d6253)
  - site_page: https://rubygems.org/pages/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:50:18.174179+00:00, sha e4248571fa5d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.