fileman

messy folders in, organized library out

What You Get • Install • How It Work • Ecosystem

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fileman is a local-first file organizer. Drop a messy folder. Get a manifest, a plan, and a one-click apply. Your originals never move until you say so.

┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  LOCAL-FIRST          ████████ 100%  │
│  SOURCE-TRACEABLE     ████████ 100%  │
│  TYPING REQUIRED      ░░░░░░░░   0%  │
│  VIBES                ████████ ZERO  │
│                                FILLER│
└──────────────────────────────────────┘

AI-assisted file triage. Manifest-first, never destructive.

What You Get

Surface	What
fileman cli	Scan, plan, manifest. Apply only when you nod.
fileman webui	Browse the plan. Approve, edit, or send back for another pass.
fileman mcp	Same engine, exposed as an MCP server for any agent.
contracts & manifest	Plans are diffable. Plans are reviewable. Plans are receipts.
public skills	Drop into Claude/Codex/OpenClaw. Hand it a folder. Get a library.

Important

Local-first by default. No silent telemetry. No cloud round-trip. Your data stays on your machine until you explicitly ship it somewhere.

Install

git clone https://github.com/xiaojiou176-open/fileman.git
cd fileman
# follow the per-stack quickstart in INSTALL.md or docs/

Three commands. No curl | sh. No login. Read what you run.

Install break? Open your favorite agent and say "Read AGENTS.md and bootstrap fileman for me." Agent fix own brain. Long version: docs/.

How It Work

The repo is seven layers — exactly the seven commits in git log. New work goes in as small named PRs. No 50-file mystery commits.

Layer	What
chore: scaffold	License, governance, hygiene gates, CI scaffolding.
feat(core)	The primary engine. The reason fileman exists.
feat(modules)	Packages, adapters, services, plugins. The second floor.
feat(contracts)	Schemas, configs, public boundaries. Other code talks here.
test:	Receipts. Everything in this layer must run.
feat(ops)	Scripts, infra, CI helpers, build glue.
docs:	Public docs surface. The pretty face.

git log reads like a building floor plan. Look once, know the whole shape.

Ecosystem

fileman lives in the yard family: seven yards. one philosophy: structured input, structured output, structured proof.

Repo	What
switchyard	model & agent runtime switch board
browserclickyard	your AI clicks, your browser obeys
noteyard	your Apple Notes never really die
dealyard	let prices fight, you sit and watch
docyard	docs site in, markdown out, no scraping by hand
fileman (you here)	messy folders in, organized library out
proofyard	every claim ships with its receipt

Cross-family taste: BeamMe · BrewMe · OpenVibeCoding · proofyard.

Star This Repo

If fileman saves you a click, an hour, or a headache — star costs zero. Fair trade. ⭐

Also by Yifeng[Terry] Yu

• switchyard — model & agent runtime switch board
• browserclickyard — your AI clicks, your browser obeys
• BeamMe — beam your agent config to any planet
• BrewMe — wake up, news already brewed
• OpenVibeCoding — AI codes overnight, you ship in the morning

License

MIT — small print, big freedom.