Everything CrateOrganizer does
Features
Folder-to-crate syncing is free and always will be. The cleanup tools — duplicates, missing tracks, playlists and folder links — are what a Pro licence unlocks.
Syncing Free
Organise your music in Explorer and let Serato follow. Nothing is written until you have seen a plan of every change.
Folder to crate, any depth
Every folder holding music becomes a crate. Folders inside become sub-crates, as deep as your folders go. Tested against a real library of 59,000 tracks and 3,461 crates.
A plan before every write
You get a list of what is new, changed or removed. Apply stays locked until you have looked at it.
Add music, scan again
One click picks up new, changed and removed tracks. Or leave watching on and it syncs by itself as your folders change.
Build a library from nothing
New drive with no Serato library on it? CrateOrganizer creates one, then fills it from your folders.
Backups on every write
Your crates are zipped and timestamped before anything is written, so a later backup can never overwrite an earlier one. Restore any of them in one click.
Group under one parent crate
Optionally nest everything under a single named crate, so a synced folder tree sits in its own section instead of spreading across your crate list.
Cleanup Pro
The tools for a library that has been collecting for years. A Pro licence unlocks all four.
The duplicate finder
Groups copies by how certain it is: byte-for-byte identical, same artist and title, or matching filenames where tags are missing. Length, bitrate and size sit beside every copy, and the one worth keeping is marked.
Remixes stay safe
Remixes, live cuts, dubs, edits, instrumentals and acapellas are never grouped with the original, even when artist and title match exactly. Deletions go to the Recycle Bin, never straight off the disk.
Missing tracks
Lists every entry Serato can no longer resolve so you can tick off the ones to remove. Nothing is ticked to begin with, and a disconnected drive is reported as offline rather than missing.
Playlists in and out
Export any crate as M3U8, M3U, PLS or CSV, or import any of those back as a new crate. No audio file is moved, copied or renamed either way.
Folder links
Music spread across several folders? Link each one to a crate of its own. They are all scanned together and shown as a single list of changes, with a single Apply.
Play before you choose
Play any copy inside the app and open its folder in Explorer, so you can hear and see exactly what you are about to remove.
Built to be careful with an irreplaceable library
Nothing happens without a preview
Apply stays locked until you have seen exactly what would change.
Atomic writes
Write to a temp file, then rename. A crash or an unplugged drive cannot leave a half-written crate.
Offline is not deleted
An unplugged drive is reported as offline. Its tracks are never treated as missing, and never removed.
Your own crates are safe
Crate removal is opt-in and confined to the folder tree the app manages. Crates you built by hand in Serato are never touched.
Stops when unsure
If a crate file cannot be read, or your Serato version has not been verified, it stops and changes nothing.
Activity log
Every scan, write, deletion and failure is recorded with the reason, in the window and in a file on disk.
Requirements. Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. Serato DJ Pro or Lite. One file, no installer, no admin rights. Your music and your Serato library must be on the same drive, because Serato stores track locations relative to the drive.