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RnR vs pipe-rename: catalog facts
RnR	pipe-rename
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to download and use.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Dry run by default with collision checks Undo through operation dump files	Batch rename files with your own text editor Use editor features such as search and replace
Only accepts UTF-8 valid input arguments Requires comfort with regular expressions	Assumes you are comfortable with a terminal text editor No graphical interface
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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