FolderSmith
Your folders, your style. Instantly.
A visual editor for folder icons and colours. Pick a folder style, a colour or gradient, and one of 200,000+ icons, a stock photo or your own image, then apply it to any folder in one click. Everything runs on your computer.
- Platforms
- macOSWindows
- Category
- Desktop utility for macOS and Windows
- Free
- 5 folders a month, no signup
- Pro
- $14.99 a year or $24.99 once
- Signature
- Smart Icon Sync
01What it does
Built to do one thing very well.
- 01
Visual editor
Design, preview and apply in one place, with a real-time preview and unlimited undo and redo.
- 02
Styles and colours
Mac, Windows, open, closed or document-stack folder styles, in solid colours or gradients.
- 03
200,000+ icons
The Iconify library plus your own images or stock photos, positioned anywhere on the folder.
- 04
One-click apply
Apply to selected folders and files instantly, or apply existing .png, .ico and .icns files directly.
- 05
Smart Icon Sync
All your icons, applied to all your folders in one click, on Mac and Windows, even through cloud drives like Google Drive and Dropbox.
- 06
Backup, history, export
Every apply backs up the original first, recent changes stay in one place, and icons export as PNG, ICO or ICNS.
02Plans
Free that is useful. Pro with a clear reason.
Free
$0
forever, 5 folders a month
- Full editor, every style, colour and gradient
- 200,000+ icons, stock photos, your own images
- 5 bonus folders in your first week
- Smart Icon Sync (uses your monthly folders)
- Automatic backup and one-click undo
- No account, no card, 100% offline
Pro Yearly
Most popular$14.99
per year, about $1.25 a month
- Unlimited folders, no monthly cap
- Smart Icon Sync on hundreds of folders in one run
- Export icons as PNG, ICO and ICNS
- Premium template packs and commercial use
- Use on up to 3 computers
- Instant activation
Pro Lifetime
$24.99
once, early-bird price (regular $29.99)
- Everything in Pro Yearly
- All future updates included
- Never pay again
No monthly plan. 30-day money-back guarantee. Prices as listed on foldersmith.com on 11 September 2026.
See pricing on foldersmith.comPrivacy
Offline-first
All processing happens locally on your computer. No cloud dependency, no data collection. Your folder structure and personal files never leave your machine, and applied icons stay even if you uninstall.
What it teaches Weavolv
Every product is a school for the next product.
- Freemium with a usage bank instead of a trial
- Desktop distribution on two platforms
- Lemon Squeezy and Apple In-App Purchase billing
- Onboarding and support for a consumer utility
A desktop app built with Electron, released for macOS and Windows through GitHub releases, with Lemon Squeezy on the web and Apple In-App Purchase in the App Store build.
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