Introduction

Eagle's folder structure is designed with careful consideration for both technical and user experience factors. While some users may compare it with software like Pixcall that uses different approaches, Eagle's library structure is specifically optimized for managing large-scale file collections. This design prioritizes data consistency, stability, and improved performance when handling extensive libraries.

Understanding Eagle's File Management Approach

When evaluating file management systems that claim to maintain data consistency without scanning your hard drive, consider these important questions:

When these applications are completely closed, can they immediately detect all changes (additions, edits, or deletions) made through your file explorer when restarted?
If so, how is this information captured, especially when the software is not running?
For non-NTFS formatted drives, can these products still quickly identify file changes through drive logs?

Industry-standard products like Adobe Bridge demonstrate that background disk scanning is necessary during startup to ensure cache data matches actual files on your computer. This practice is common but often causes startup delays. Therefore, even products claiming "no disk scanning needed" typically perform some form of drive scanning in the background.

Key Considerations

We understand that Eagle's structure may affect some users differently as their libraries grow larger. We continuously optimize our product and will further discuss this topic on our official blog, explaining our design choices and their benefits.

For a more detailed explanation about why Eagle uses a library structure instead of conventional folders to store data, please read our documentation article: /support/article/why-does-eagle-use-library-structure-instead-of-an-actual-folder-to-store-data

We appreciate your feedback and remain committed to improving Eagle to meet the needs of our diverse user base.

Clarification: Eagle's File Structure Does Not Negatively Impact Your Computer