River Folder is a practical file-organization library for people managing project files that need to remain useful beyond the life of a project. It publishes field-tested guides, reusable templates, and a worked example to help users name, organize, deliver, and archive files with clarity and consistency. Its repeatable method covers four stages: capturing incoming material, managing active work, preparing final deliverables, and preserving important records while removing what is no longer needed.

Guides address common challenges such as scaling naming conventions, cleaning a messy folder, building a trustworthy handoff package, archiving for the long term, and writing useful project documentation. River Folder also provides downloadable plain-file templates, including a project README in Markdown, a handoff package index in Markdown, and an archive inventory in CSV. The worked workspace follows a sample project from intake through archive, showing how folder roles, file context, review statuses, handoff information, and an archive inventory can fit together.

The library is designed to offer adaptable systems for projects of any size