Cross platform desktop dual-pane file browser. It is an open source alternative to popular dual-pane browsers such as Total Commander for Windows or Commander One for Mac.

Made with:

• Back-end: Tauri + Rust
• Front-end: Svelte
• UI: Tailwind CSS
• Icons: Teenyicons
• Various packages (check package.json)

MVP

• Dual-pane, resizeable layout.
• Show file name, extension, size, modified date, kind (file, folder, etc).
• Start by default in the Home directory.
• Remember the directory location in each pane when quitting the app.
• Switch between panes with TAB.
• Show directories first.
• Top entry navigates to parent folder.
• Highlight a file/folder by navigating with up/down keys or clicking it.
• Open a file in its associated app with double click or ENTER.
• Select a file/folder with SPACE.
• Quick filter by file name.

Beyond MVP

• Current folder path is breadcrumbed and navigable.
• Dark/light mode with persistence.
• Navigate to top/bottom of list with Fn+arrow.
• Arrow navigation should scroll the pane.
• Simple controls for:
  • F3 - view file (opens in associated app), also works with double click or ENTER.
  • F4 - edit file (opens in text editor).
  • F5 - copy a file/folder or selection to the other pane.
  • F6 - move a file/folder or selection to the other pane.
  • F7 - create new folder in the active pane.
  • F8 - delete a file/folder or selection.
• Sort files by clicking the column header:
  • Name
  • Size
  • Modified date
• When a directory opened in a pane is deleted while the app is closed, reset the location to the parent directory if it exists (keep going up the hierarchy), else the Home directory.
• When a directory opened in a pane is deleted while the app is closed, reset the location to the parent directory if it exists (keep going up the hierarchy), else the Home directory.

Nice to have

• Disk drive selection for computers with multiple drives.
• Progress indicators for various operations (copy, move, etc).
• File type icons.
• Pane tabs.
  • New tab with CMD/CTRL+T.
  • Close tab with CMD/CTRL+W.
• Forward/back navigation thru directory history.
• Right click a file/folder for a context menu:
  • Info, etc.
• Remember sorting, filtering, etc for each pane when quitting.
• Remember pane split.
• Remember app window size & position.
• Summary of file counts & sizes below each pane.
• Selecting files shows a summary below each pane.
• Add granular data for the above 2: total sizes and distinguish between files & folders.
• Follow a symlink.
• When navigating up a folder (back), set the highlighted file to the directory that was navigated from instead of defaulting to "..". Likely requires navigation history.
• Bookmarks - mark files & folders as favorite and find them in a list.
• Apply dark theme to scrollbars as well.

Issues

• 🐛 Production builds are failing across all platforms.
• 🐛 Navigating higher than "/" should be disallowed.
• 🐛 Focusing the app from a cold start allows tabbing only after clicking inside the pane once.
• 🐛 Navigating to a folder should clear any file selections in that pane.
• 🐛 Sorting a column header in a tab should make that tab active.
• 🐛 F-keys in the command bar are not clickable.
• Windows:
  • 🐛 It starts in an empty nameless folder with only the parent ".." folder. Navigating to it goes to "C:\Users<my-user>". From there I can't navigate to the parent folder due to permissions, but I can navigate to folders within.
  • 🐛 The breadcrumbs are wrong; the URL splitting is done naively for Mac only.
  • 🐛 The file open action doesn't work.

Download the binary for your platform under Releases.

Note Binaries don't work as of v0.3.0.

In addition to the above, if you want to build the binaries yourself, first install the Tauri environment + CLI (including the Rust CLI + Cargo), then clone this repo and run:

npm install

# dev mode
cargo tauri dev

# build the production app
cargo tauri build

This project is purely experimental and I can't guarantee it will hold my interest long term, but if you wish to contribute please focus on these areas:

• Issues are the highest priority.
• Beyond MVP features are next.

I am not interested in ideas beyond what's listed under Features.

MIT