Noodlesoft Hazel
Shares rank 4 of 6 automation apps by recommenders
Mac users rely on it to automate file organization and cleanup, though some find a simple script can do similar work.
Mac users rely on it to automate file organization and cleanup, though some find a simple script can do similar work.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reliable and polished over years
“That took maybe one evening to get an MVP and a week of casual updates to make it pretty.”
Comment from 4 May 2026 in “A Desktop Made for One” “This organization system has been rock solid for me for over a decade.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down”
Other automation apps people recommend
The four most recommended other automation apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammerspoon | 61 | 5 | 92% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Shortcuts | 57 | 35 | 62% | 12 | — | — |
| Tasker | 12 | 5 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Noodlesoft HazelThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Automator (macOS) | 7 | 7 | 50% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“look to tools which can express holes like”
“This tool keeps that log, and offers it when you drag an app to the trash”
“This organization system has been rock solid for me for over a decade.”
“That took maybe one evening to get an MVP and a week of casual updates to make it pretty.”
“sufficiently-user-friendly equivalents for a few other apps (eg: rubiTrack, Hazel, Photos.app) is a problem”
“writing a simple script that emulates an app like Hazel is a far better approach”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.