File Management

Function definition: Tools that support general file management activities such as viewing or renaming

Lifecycle stage: Preservation Action,Store

Tools for this function

Tool	Purpose
ADIGRES	ADIGRES is a powerful cross-platform Document Management System written in Java.
ALTAG3D	An open source archive software
Advanced Renamer	Advanced Renamer is a program for renaming multiple files and folders at once. By configuring renaming methods the names can be manipulated in various ways.
ArchiFiltre	Overview of folder trees with fine diagrams
Audacity	The open source audio editor
Avcc	AVCC is an open source application that enables collaborative, efficient item-level cataloging of audiovisual collections.
BAT: BnfArcTools	BAT is a Perl package for processing Internet Archive ARC, DAT and CDX file format.
BitCurator	The BitCurator Environment is an Ubuntu Linux distribution geared to the needs of archivists and librarians. It includes a suite of open source digital forensics and data analysis tools to help collecting institutions process born-digital materials.
Bulk Rename Utility	Bulk Rename Utility is a free file renaming software for Windows. Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily rename files and entire folders based upon extremely flexible criteria.
CyberChef	A forensic tool with workflow capabilities to analyse files and containers
Czkawka	Czkawka is a simple, fast and free app to remove unnecessary files from your computer.
DART (Digital Archivist's Resource Tool)	Provides both a GUI and a command-line interface for packaging files and uploading them to remote repositories.
Dcfldd	dcfldd is an enhanced version of GNU dd with features useful for forensics and security.
Detox	The detox utility renames files to make them easier to work with under Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
DiPS (Digital Preservation Solution)	DiPS (OAIS compliant Digital Preservation Solution)
Directory List & Print	A universal metadata extractor
DiskView	DiskView shows you a graphical map of your disk, allowing you to determine where a file is located or, by clicking on a cluster, seeing which file occupies it.
Docuteam packer	Creates and edits SIPs
Double Commander	Open source file manager with two panels side by side
Emailchemy	Converts proprietary emails to standard portable formats
Explore2fs	Explore2fs is a GUI explorer tool for accessing ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
File Analyzer and Metadata Harvester V2	The File Analyzer is a general purpose desktop (and command line) tool designed to automate simple, file-based operations. The File Analyzer assembles a toolkit of tasks a user can perform. The tasks that have been written into the File Analyzer code base have been optimized for use by libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions.
Free Video Cutter Joiner	It cuts and joins video streams without altering the codecs.
FreeCommander	Split-screen file manager with desirable extras
Fslint	Set of utilities to find and clean various forms of lint on a filesystem, such as duplicate files, empty directories, and bad file names.
Java library implementing Pairtree	The PAIRTREE LIBRARY is a software library that supports the mapping between identifiers and filepaths according to the Pairtree Specification.
Library (xklb)	Media indexing multi-tool
MailStore Home	Unifies your private emails into one searchable, platform-independent repository
Package Handler	View, create, edit, and validate Swiss archival packages
RE (Rename Expert)	Controlled renaming of file collections
ReACT (Resource Audit and Comparison Tool)	A file audit and comparison tool using Microsoft Excel and VBA.
ReNamer	ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool.
Remove Empty Directories	Removes empty directories
Sling	Sling is a CLI tool that extracts data from a source storage/database and loads it in a target storage/database.
TeraCopy	Performs file copying, whilst also logging and verifying accuracy and completeness by using checksums
The Rename	Bulk renaming of files
Tree	Tree displays the directory structure of a path or of the disk in a drive graphically.
TreeSize	Manage disk space and scan your hard disks.
VRenamer	vRenamer is a cross platform tool for batch renaming files
Warc-proxy	Warc-proxy is a simple tool to view WARC content in Firefox
WarcManager	The WARC Manager is a web-based UI for managing and querying collections of web crawl data.
WinMerge	A visual tool for differencing and merging of file collections, images and texts.