The PowerRename Alternative That Understands Your Files
PowerRename, part of Microsoft PowerToys, rewrites filenames by pattern. Zush reads inside each Windows file and gives it a searchable name.
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Bulk rename files by real content before you apply changes
AI File Renamer Features
Turn messy filenames into clear, consistent names with previews, templates, folder monitoring, and one-click undo.
Smart Batch Rename
Analyze and rename 100+ file formats in one batch, from images and PDFs to audio, video, and Office files. Describe any detail for Zush to extract, then reuse it as a Custom AI Block in any template.
3 secure ways to run Zush
Cloud AI that works out of the box, your own API key, or fully offline with Ollama.
Cloud AI
Goes through our relay to a commercial AI provider, under their standard API terms. The relay exists so the API key can’t be pulled out of the app.
Bring Your Own Key
Connect your own API key from Gemini, Groq, OpenAI, or Claude for cloud renames; FREE includes 50 across all modes and PRO is unlimited. Keys are stored locally in secure platform storage.
Private Offline AI
Run supported file analysis locally with Ollama. No analysis content goes to Zush cloud or third-party AI providers.
Watch one or multiple folders — including iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive folders. Zush runs in the background and processes new files automatically.
Save reusable rename setups for screenshots, expenses, music tracks, client work, legal files, travel bookings, and monitored folders.
Build consistent filenames from 145+ blocks covering dates, file metadata, audio, photos, finance, legal, travel, clients, and AI-detected fields.
Set rename, tagging, and metadata rules so AI output follows your style and workflow.
Automatically add Finder tags and Spotlight metadata. Find files instantly with natural search queries.
Keep track of every change. Made a mistake? Rollback to the original filename with one click.
Supported File Formats
Images
Documents
Videos
Audio
Design
Try Zush free
Rename and organize files with AI, monitor folders, and clean up screenshots, design files, PDFs, photos, audio, videos, iWork, and Office documents by content.
Free · No credit card required · Windows 10+
Pick your platform — same Zush, native everywhere
A signed and notarized .dmg, Mac App Store build, or Homebrew cask for macOS. A Microsoft Store install for Windows. Same renaming engine, same BYOK and Offline AI mode, native to each OS.
Windows rename tools compared
Where each Windows rename tool stops
Every tool below is good at something. The split is simple: pattern tools rewrite the name you already have, while Zush reads the file and writes a new one. Zush covers 104 formats across images, documents, video, audio, and design files, names them in 60+ languages, and the first 50 renames are free.
| Tool | Best for | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|
| PowerRename (PowerToys) | Find-and-replace, regular expressions, counters, and date variables applied to a whole selection at once | It works from filenames and file attributes and never opens the file, so two scans that both arrived as scan_004.pdf come out just as indistinguishable as they went in. |
| File Explorer rename (F2) | Numbering a single folder of similar files in a few keystrokes | Produces Photo (1), Photo (2), Photo (3) — enough to keep names unique, never enough to find one of them again. |
| Rule-based renamers | Multi-step rules you configure once and reuse on folders that always look the same | The rule has to be written before the tool sees the files, so a mixed folder still needs you to sort it into predictable batches first. |
| Zush | Mixed folders where every file needs its own descriptive name, with a preview of each name and undo for the whole batch | It reads the file to name it, so it runs as a desktop app on the folder rather than as a one-key shortcut on a selection. |
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