Folder Structure to Tree

About this tool

Turn pasted paths or locally selected relative file names into a deterministic tree without reading file contents.

Folder Structure to Tree validates a bounded path inventory and renders its implied hierarchy as Unicode or ASCII text. It accepts pasted cross-platform paths or relative names from a local folder selection without reading the selected file contents.

• Validates up to 5,000 paths and 200,000 input characters, merges normalized duplicates, and reports directory, file, node, and depth evidence.
• Supports slash and backslash separators plus Unix, Windows drive, and UNC roots while rejecting ambiguous parent traversal.
• Offers Unicode or ASCII branches, natural or input ordering, directory markers, an optional root label, and verified UTF-8 TXT download.

How to use Folder Tree

Paste one path per line or choose a local folder, select branch and ordering preferences, optionally mark directories or name the root, review the path and depth evidence, then copy the output or download folder-tree.txt.

When this tool is useful

• Document folder layouts for handoff docs or migration plans.
• Turn flat asset exports into a readable hierarchy for review.
• Show stakeholders how a content bundle is organized without sharing the actual folders.

Practical tips

• Use natural order for documentation and input order when the original sequence carries meaning.
• End a manual path with a slash to preserve an empty directory that a browser folder picker cannot enumerate.
• Resolve parent segments before generating a tree; this tool rejects .. instead of guessing a base path.
• Use Path Normalizer first when you need a reusable normalized path list rather than only a tree view.

Examples you can test

Load an example, compare the result with the expected output, then replace it with your own input.

src/components/Header.tsx
src/components/Footer.tsx
src/app/page.tsx

src
  components
    Header.tsx
    Footer.tsx
  app
    page.tsx

C:\Users\Ada\project\README.md
/usr/local/bin/tool
\\server\share\docs\guide.pdf

A tree with explicit C:, /, and //server/share root nodes

Validation checklist

• Resolve parent segments before generating the tree.
• Add trailing slashes for empty directories that must be represented.
• Review duplicate, file, directory, and depth evidence.
• Remove private or irrelevant file paths before sharing documentation.
• Check that inferred leaf types and nesting match the real project structure.