Sortio

Sortio is an AI file sorter for Mac and Windows. You describe the sort in plain English, it reads file contents, renames files to a consistent pattern, and routes them into the right folders, showing a full preview before anything moves.

Sortio is a desktop file organizer for Mac and Windows that turns a plain English instruction into a full sorting plan. Instead of building rule chains by hand, you write something like "name documents by date and what they are, file photos by trip" and Sortio reads the contents of each file, renames it to a consistent pattern (for example a date, vendor and amount, or a last name and first name), and moves it into the folder where it belongs. If the target folder does not exist yet, Sortio creates it. The workflow is deliberately cautious. Sortio builds a plan first and shows every proposed rename and move before anything on disk changes, so a mistaken instruction costs a review pass rather than a lost afternoon. Every run can be undone. The app works on folders you already have, including folders synced from cloud storage such as OneDrive, and it can run in a local-only mode for people who would rather not send file contents anywhere. The homepage cites more than 3 million files organized and states that the app works offline. Sortio is aimed at people whose file chaos is professional, not theoretical: solo lawyers sorting intake documents and exhibits per client and matter, realtors juggling hundreds of MLS photos and transaction documents per property, bookkeepers separating payroll from vendor invoices across multi-year archives, consultants routing deliverables across clients, and engineering project managers splitting CAD revisions from meeting minutes. Home users with decades of tax returns and family photo libraries are covered by the same mechanics. The site offers dedicated workflow pages and guides for each of these groups. The obvious point of comparison is Hazel, the long-standing rule-based Mac filer, and Sortio's own comparison page targets that audience. The difference is the input: rules require you to predict every pattern in advance, while a prompt lets the model interpret content it has not seen before. The trade-off is that you are delegating judgment about naming and placement, which is why the preview step matters. Sortio is a focused utility rather than a document management suite: it does not appear to offer shared team workspaces or retention policies, so teams looking for governed document systems should treat it as a cleanup layer that feeds their existing folder structure.