How does it compare to Sparkle?
Curious how this compares to Every.to's Sparkle (makeitsparkle.co). Sparkle lets you set up Smart Folders, automatically creates three subfolders in each (AI Library, Manual Library, and Recent) and organizes the contents for you. The AI Library sorts everything for you into appropriate folders, e.g., Reports, Templates, Finance. It handles cloud services too, helps with de-duping, and has a quick search function, too.
Weakness-wise, it's frustrating that you can't tell it how you want to sort or organize certain things—for example, I had to rename stuff in the AI Library from "Reports" to something more specific: "Panic Reports." And I have to make several folders with the same name "Smart Folders" (making them difficult to find in the window for managing said folders) because I use Tiago Forte's PARA system, and I wish Sparkle respected that.
So, can Kalycs (hard to pronounce and spell accurately, TBH) do what Sparkle does, and more? Or better? Or is it different?
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Kalycs
Hello Meredith. And thank you for the candid feedback on the name :)
At its core, Kalycs is less a file organizer and more a personal knowledge hub.
It does organize files, but the goal isn’t just to put things into folders. The goal is to turn files into meaningful, coherent groups that you can actually use, search across, ask questions about, and extract knowledge from.
Today, classification is intentionally simple and fully user-controlled. Rules are based on file names, so nothing happens behind your back.
Content-based classification is coming, but we’re building it in a way where AI decisions are explainable, predictable, and adjustable by the user, not a black box that forces a structure on you.
This is still an early iteration. The long-term vision is a true knowledge organizer: a place where your files don’t just live, but connect, answer questions, and help you synthesize ideas, while still respecting how you choose to organize your work.
I really appreciate the question