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Simplest file renamer - rename your files quickly and easily

9 mentions on Hacker News by 1 person: 1 story, 8 comments · first 2020-02-23 · latest 2026-08-11

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  1. …was easy and fast in my case -- went down from 130mb installer to 3mb installer. Worth considering! https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer <- 130mb to 3mb from Electron to Tauri
    comment by yboris · 2026-08-11 · in Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS
  2. …- https://github.com/whyboris/Simple-Image-Browser Releasing 2.0.0 of my Simplest File Renamer - https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer - Electron to Tauri 130mb to 3mb Releasing 1.0.0 of My Off Remote -…
    comment by yboris · 2026-08-10 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)
  3. …Simplest File Renamer - just ported from Electron (130m install) to Tauri (3mb install) - https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer Simple Image Browser - browse your images in style (on PC, Win, Linux, and tablet /phone)…
    comment by yboris · 2026-07-13 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
  4. Simplest File Renamer - https://www.yboris.dev/renamer & https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer I wanted to be able to quickly rename files with my text editor (using keyboard commands), so this lets me do it. Plus I share the…
    comment by yboris · 2023-04-28 · in Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
  5. …text editor (and see the diff of the changes) https://yboris.dev/renamer/ -- FREE MIT Open Source: https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer
    comment by yboris · 2023-01-27 · in Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
  6. …you can rename using your favorite code editor, so you have access to all your keyboard shortcuts. https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer - MIT open source
    comment by yboris · 2022-04-13 · in New(ish) command line tools
  7. …to ask for, for a dedicated video browser? ps - here's also a file renamer I built with Electron: https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer
    comment by yboris · 2021-08-17 · in Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust
  8. …App: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App & https://videohubapp.com/ Simplest File Renamer: https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer & https://yboris.dev/renamer/
    comment by yboris · 2020-08-23 · in Ask HN: How to do cross platform GUI?