Alternatives to FileBot
A tool that renames and organizes movie, TV and anime files and fetches subtitles and artwork. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FileBot
A tool that renames and organizes movie, TV and anime files and fetches subtitles and artwork.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FileBot.
tinyMediaManager
A desktop tool that fetches metadata and artwork and renames movie and TV show libraries.
tinyMediaManager is freemium and Apache-2.0 licensed, and it renames libraries and writes NFO files for Kodi, Emby, Jellyfin and Plex, though its Java Swing interface feels dated.
MediaElch
A desktop media manager that scrapes metadata and writes nfo files for Kodi libraries.
MediaElch is a free, open-source desktop app that scrapes metadata, renames files and writes Kodi nfo files, but it is built mainly around Kodi conventions and has no CLI mentioned.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Bazarr
Companion to Sonarr and Radarr that downloads and manages subtitles.
Sonarr
Watches for new episodes of the TV series you follow, downloads them through your client, then renames and files them.
Radarr
Sonarr for films: monitors indexers for the movies on your list, downloads them, then renames and files them.
Kometa
A Python tool, formerly Plex Meta Manager, that builds collections, overlays and metadata for media libraries.
