Sloth Sort: local Gemma 3 tool automatically renames messy screenshots and downloads

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Sloth Sort is an open-source tool that watches the Desktop and Downloads folders for files with generic names like screenshots and scans. When such a file appears, Gemma 3 running locally through Ollama identifies its contents and renames it with a date-first, descriptive name. Only throwaway names are changed, and every rename can be reversed from a review page on the local machine. The model runs entirely on the user's computer so sensitive screenshots never leave it, and it unloads after five idle minutes. The project was submitted to the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge.

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