What is Renamer?

Renamer is a lightweight, mass file renaming utility based on the Qt framework. It's designed to be very simple yet robust with it's drag-n-drop interface and use of regular expressions. Binary executables for Linux and Windows are available, as well as Renamer's source code.

Main Features:

• Cross-Platform
• Drag-n-Drop interface
• Regex search and replace
• Literal search and replace
• Renames files and folders

Renamer is now available on github!

Current Release

Linux (x64): renamer-1.4.0 (linux x64).zip (21.1KB)

Windows (i686): renamer-1.4.0 (windows x64).zip (7.3MB)

Source Code: renamer-1.4.0 (source).zip (199.8KB)

Note:The linux build of Renamer now requires Qt 5.6 or greater be installed. On Debian/Mint/Ubuntu distros, you can install the libqt5gui5 package via apt-get.

Planned Changes / Fixes

• Dynamic preview of the results of a rename as you type.
• Recursive adding of files in nested folders.
• Support for network protocols (e.g. smb, ftp, etc.)
• More robust error/status reporting system.

Change Log

Renamer 1.4.0 (Feb / 10 / 2019)

• Migrated to Qt 5
• Initial high DPI support
• Perl-style regular expressions
• Better regular expression error reporting

Renamer 1.3.2 (Apr / 24 / 2010)

• Closed several memory leaks

Renamer 1.3.1 (Aug / 29 / 2009)

• Bound the primary Enter/Return key to the Search and Replace function
• MinGW and Qt dependancies now statically compiled into the executable on Windows platforms

Renamer 1.3 (Mar / 08 / 2009)

• Rebased Renamer to the Qt framework
• Unicode characters now properly supported
• Implemented basic status and error reporting

Renamer 1.2 (Aug / 05 / 2008)

• Columns are now sortable
• Columns are capable of auto-sorting after a search and replace operation
• Replaced literal search and replace code for increased stability and more logical behavior
• Improved entity handling under Linux
• Fixed a crash bug during file list population where entities followed certain characters in a file name
• Improved performance when populating the file list

Renamer 1.1.4 (Jul / 27 / 2008)

• Fixed an infinite loop crash bug during literal search and replace
• Improved entity handling under Windows

Renamer 1.1.2 (Jul / 20 / 2008)

• Windows version available
• Fixed a crash bug during shutdown
• Literal search and replace now replaces all instances of the specified text

Renamer 1.1 (Jul / 02 / 2008)

• Pressing "Clear List" no longer breaks the file list.
• Adding the same file to the file list twice no longer breaks the file list.
• Adding additional files to the file list no longer break the file list.
• The main window is no longer centered by default when executing the program.

Renamer 1.0 (Jun / 20 / 2008)

• Original release version

Package Archive

Linux (x64)

• renamer-1.4.0 (linux x64).zip (21.1KB) - Feb / 10 / 2019
• Renamer [1.3.2 - linux64].zip (17.3KB) - Apr / 24 / 2010
• Renamer [1.3.1 - linux64].zip (21.3KB) - Aug / 29 / 2009
• Renamer [1.3 - linux64].zip (21.3KB) - Mar / 08 / 2009
• Renamer [1.2 - linux64].zip (6.5KB) - Nov / 26 / 2008

Linux (i686)

• Renamer [1.3.2 - linux32].zip (17.6KB) - Apr / 24 / 2010
• Renamer [1.3.1 - linux32].zip (19.8KB) - Aug / 29 / 2009
• Renamer [1.3 - linux32].zip (19.8KB) - Mar / 08 / 2009
• Renamer [1.2 - linux32].zip (6.2KB) - Aug / 05 / 2008
• Renamer [1.1.4 - linux32].zip (6.0KB) - Jun / 27 / 2008
• Renamer [1.1.2 - linux32].zip (5.8KB) - Jul / 20 / 2008
• Renamer [1.1 - linux32].zip (5.8KB) - Jul / 02 / 2008
• Renamer [1.0 - linux32].zip (5.8KB) - Jun / 20 / 2008

Windows (x64)

• renamer-1.4.0 (windows x64).zip (7.3MB) - Feb / 10 / 2019

Windows (i686)

• Renamer [1.3.2 - win32].zip (2.5MB) - Apr / 24 / 2010
• Renamer [1.3.1 - win32].zip (2.4MB) - Aug / 29 / 2009
• Renamer [1.3 - win32].zip (20.0KB) - Mar / 08 / 2009
• Renamer [1.2 - win32].zip (6.0KB) - Aug / 05 / 2008
• Renamer [1.1.4 - win32].zip (5.8KB) - Jul / 27 / 2008
• Renamer [1.1.2 - win32].zip (5.6KB) - Jul / 20 / 2008

Source Code

• renamer-1.4.0 (source).zip (199.8KB) - Feb / 10 / 2019
• Renamer Source [1.3.2].zip (6.3KB) - Apr / 24 / 2010
• Renamer Source [1.3.1].zip (3.8KB) - Aug / 29 / 2009
• Renamer Source [1.3].zip (3.8KB) - Mar / 08 / 2009
• Renamer Source [1.2].zip (3.7KB) - Aug / 05 / 2008
• Renamer Source [1.1.4].zip (3.6KB) - Jun / 27 / 2008
• Renamer Source [1.1.2].zip (3.4KB) - Jul / 20 / 2008

Note:

• The linux build of Renamer 1.4.0 requires Qt 5.6 or greater be installed. On Debian/Mint/Ubuntu distros, you can install the libqt5gui5 package via apt-get.
• The linux build of Renamer before 1.4.0 requires Qt 4 be installed. On Debian/Mint/Ubuntu distros, you can install the libqtgui4 package via apt-get.
• Renamer 1.2 and below were built using GTK instead of Qt. Windows users will need GTK+ runtime version 2.12.11 or later. Download the latest version from SourceForge.