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  1. esauOp created this gist Nov 11, 2025.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    from pathlib import Path
    import shutil

    DOWNLOADS = Path.home() / "Downloads"
    BUCKETS = {
    "Documents": {".pdf", ".docx", ".doc", ".txt", ".md", ".odt", ".rtf"},
    "Images": {".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".webp", ".svg", ".heic"},
    "Audio": {".mp3", ".wav", ".flac", ".m4a", ".ogg"},
    "Video": {".mp4", ".mkv", ".mov", ".avi", ".webm"},
    "Archives": {".zip", ".tar", ".gz", ".bz2", ".7z", ".xz"},
    "Code": {".py", ".js", ".ts", ".sh", ".rb", ".go", ".c", ".cpp", ".java"},
    "Spreadsheets": {".csv", ".xlsx", ".xls", ".ods"},
    "Installers": {".deb", ".rpm", ".msi", ".exe", ".dmg", ".pkg", ".apk"},
    "Other": set(),
    }


    def bucket_for(path: Path) -> Path:
    ext = path.suffix.lower()
    for folder, exts in BUCKETS.items():
    if ext in exts:
    return DOWNLOADS / folder
    return DOWNLOADS / "Other"


    def main():
    for item in DOWNLOADS.iterdir():
    if item.is_file():
    target_dir = bucket_for(item)
    target_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
    try:
    shutil.move(str(item), str(target_dir / item.name))
    except Exception:
    # Skip files that cannot be moved
    continue


    if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()