Ant Renamer

Description

Ant Renamer is a free program for Microsoft Windows users, and the source code is also available. The developer name of this program is Antoine Potten, a Belgian programmer.

The purpose of this utility is to help users to rename multiple files and folders. The program just changes file names and does not affect the contents of files during this operation. Here is a list with the most important features of this utility: support for Unicode file names, character string insertion, numbering, changing extension, replacing character strings with others, case change, random name creation, regular expressions and many others. Also, the program is available in several languages. The program is a free batch renamer for Windows and it should work on almost all versions of this operating system. You can download older versions of the program from the official website.

Ant Renamer Review

Ant Renamer comes in two versions. The first one is the "traditional" setup file that allows you to install the program. The second one is a ZIP archive, the portable version. Both of them are small. Starting with the size of this utility, I have nothing but a great impression of this piece of software. There isn't much to say about the program if we skip the technical details (features).

The main purpose of this application is to help you to rename multiple files and folders. In short terms: a batch renamer. The interface is clean and intuitive. All you have to do is to add files and then use the "Actions" section. There are plenty of actions to choose from; I will not enumerate them here. The idea is that you can use the program for simple actions or perform advanced replacement operations. An example would be, the ability to create and mix several actions resulting in a complex batch operation. More interesting: you can use a preview which prevents undesired results. I tested Ant Renamer on Windows.

In the end, considering the ease of use, features and the fact that it is free, I would recommend this program as one of the best batch renamers for Windows.