Scan any folder into a searchable catalog, capture over 60 metadata fields, compute checksums, find duplicates, and export to CSV, Excel, JSON, and more. Everything runs on your Mac.
It scans a folder, drive, or network volume and builds a catalog of every file inside, with names, paths, sizes, dates, and detailed metadata. You can then search the catalog, find duplicates, verify checksums, and export the whole thing to CSV, Excel, JSON, HTML, PDF, Markdown, or plain text.
Drag a folder onto the FileLister window, or use Add Folder from the toolbar. The first time you scan a location, macOS may ask you to grant access to that folder or drive. After you approve it, the scan runs and the catalog fills in.
On Apple Silicon, FileLister processes roughly 100,000 files in under a minute for a standard scan. Turning on heavier options like checksums or deep image analysis adds time, since each file has to be read in full rather than just listed.
CSV, Excel (with thumbnails for image files), JSON, HTML, PDF, Markdown, and plain text. Pick CSV or Excel for spreadsheets, JSON when a script will read the file, and PDF or HTML when the list is a deliverable someone will just look at.
FileLister uses Apple's Vision and Natural Language frameworks to look inside images and documents, so you can search by what a file contains rather than only its name. A photo of a beach can be found by searching for beach even if the file is called IMG_4821.jpg. This runs on-device and does not upload anything.
Yes. FileLister computes MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256 checksums, then groups files that share the same hash. Because the match is on content, it catches duplicates that have different names or live in different folders, and it does not create false matches from files that merely share a size.
Over 60 fields, including EXIF data for photos (camera, lens, exposure, GPS if present), audio specs, video details like resolution and duration, creation and modification dates, file kind, and checksums. You choose which columns to show and export.
Yes. You can catalog external drives, mounted network volumes such as an SMB share, and iCloud Drive, not just your local disk. This makes it useful for keeping a searchable record of drives you store offline.
No. All scanning, metadata reading, hashing, and AI analysis happen locally on your Mac. FileLister does not collect data and does not need a network connection to work.
Yes. FileLister integrates with the Shortcuts app, so you can build a Shortcut that scans a fixed folder and writes a dated export to a reports directory, then run it on a schedule or from a menu.
Smart Collections are saved views that refresh automatically each time you rescan a folder, so a set like large videos or files added this month stays current without you rebuilding it by hand.
FileLister requires macOS 13.0 or later and is built for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Folder inventory and file catalog for macOS with metadata, checksums, duplicate detection, and multi-format export.
Turn any folder into a spreadsheet in a few steps.
Match files by content, not by name.
Because the match is on the file contents, copies with different names or in different folders still land in the same group.
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