# Mouzi (open-source security and privacy app)

> Mouzi is a free, open-source security and privacy app for Windows and Linux. A free, privacy-first automatic file organizer that quietly sorts your Downloads folder from the system tray. It has 1,008 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

Mouzi is a silent, elegant file organizer that lives in your system tray and keeps your Downloads folder (and any other folder) automatically tidy. It runs quietly in the background, monitors selected folders, and moves, renames, or sorts files based on customizable rules.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/hsr88/mouzi |
| Platforms | Linux, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,008 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://mouzi.cc/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Password managers, encryption & privacy |
| Latest release | v0.2.1 (Sep 27, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 1, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/hsr88/mouzi/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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