PowerShell script to export a UTF-8 tree view of the current folder structure. Saves output as project-folder-structure.txt.

Export-FolderTree.ps1

# Export-FolderTree.ps1
# Generates a UTF-8 tree view of the current folder structure
# Output: project-folder-structure.txt in the same directory

# Set root and output file
$rootPath = Get-Location
$outputFile = Join-Path $rootPath "project-folder-structure.txt"

# Force UTF-8 encoding
$encoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($outputFile, "", $encoding)

# Recursive tree writing function
function Write-Tree {
    param (
        [string]$path,
        [string]$prefix = "",
        [bool]$isLast = $true
    )

    $item = Get-Item -LiteralPath $path
    if ($item.FullName -eq $outputFile) { return }

    $name = $item.Name
    $connector = if ($isLast) { "└── " } else { "├── " }
    $displayName = if ($item.PSIsContainer) { "$name/" } else { $name }

    $line = "$prefix$connector$displayName"
    [System.IO.File]::AppendAllText($outputFile, "$line`n", $encoding)

    if ($item.PSIsContainer) {
        $children = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $path |
            Where-Object { $_.FullName -ne $outputFile } |
            Sort-Object { -not $_.PSIsContainer }, Name
        $count = $children.Count
        for ($i = 0; $i -lt $count; $i++) {
            $child = $children[$i]
            $isLastChild = ($i -eq $count - 1)
            $newPrefix = if ($isLast) { "$prefix    " } else { "$prefix│   " }
            Write-Tree -path $child.FullName -prefix $newPrefix -isLast $isLastChild
        }
    }
}

# Write root folder name
$rootName = Split-Path -Leaf $rootPath
[System.IO.File]::AppendAllText($outputFile, "$rootName/`n", $encoding)

# Begin from root
$rootItems = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $rootPath |
    Where-Object { $_.FullName -ne $outputFile } |
    Sort-Object { -not $_.PSIsContainer }, Name
$lastIndex = $rootItems.Count - 1
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $rootItems.Count; $i++) {
    $child = $rootItems[$i]
    $isLast = ($i -eq $lastIndex)
    Write-Tree -path $child.FullName -prefix "" -isLast $isLast
}

Write-Output "✔ Tree written to: $outputFile"