Tidey

A minimal macOS menubar app to quickly review and organize files on your Desktop and Downloads folder.

Features

• Menubar app - Lives in your menubar, always accessible
• Quick preview - See file previews with pinch-to-zoom for images
• Fast decisions - Delete or Keep files with one click
• Smooth animations - Satisfying swipe animations when organizing
• Custom folders - Monitor any folder you want
• Smart organization - Kept files are organized by year/month

How It Works

1. Click the menubar icon
2. Preview your files
3. Delete → Moves to Trash
4. Keep → Moves to ~/Documents/Kept/2025/January/

Installation

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from Releases
2. Drag Tidey.app to your Applications folder
3. Open Tidey from Applications

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/tidey.git
cd tidey
open tidey.xcodeproj

Then press ⌘R to build and run.

Requirements

• macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel Mac

Permissions

Tidey needs access to:

• Desktop folder - To monitor and manage files
• Downloads folder - Optional, can be enabled in settings
• Documents folder - To save kept files

Tech Stack

• SwiftUI
• Quick Look for file previews
• No external dependencies

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Author

Created by Salih Gün

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