andrewning/sortphotos

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SortPhotos is a Python CLI tool that organizes photos and videos into date-based folder hierarchies using EXIF and other metadata via the bundled ExifTool. It supports copying or moving files, recursive search, dry runs, custom strftime-based folder structures, and automatic file renaming.

Use cases

• organize a messy folder of photos into year/month folders
• sort camera dumps by date taken using EXIF metadata
• rename photos based on their capture date and time
• dry run a photo reorganization before moving files
• recursively sort videos and images from nested directories
• build a custom folder hierarchy like year/week/day for a photo library

When to choose

• you want a simple command-line tool to sort photos and videos by date metadata
• your files have EXIF or other date metadata and you want customizable folder layouts
• you need dry-run, copy-vs-move, and renaming options in one script

When to avoid

• your files lack any date metadata and you need content-based deduplication or tagging
• you want a GUI photo manager with editing or gallery features
• you need face recognition or cloud-sync photo management

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli file-system image-processing files photography python cli cross-platform exif photo-organization exiftool file-management date-based-sorting command-line automation

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