A modern, cross-platform dual-pane file explorer built for macOS, inspired by Total Commander and Finder.

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Or build from source — see Getting Started below.

• Independent panels with tabs, history, and navigation per pane
• Keyboard-driven operation with 28+ customizable hotkeys
• Virtual scrolling for smooth handling of 100,000+ files
• Remember cursor — navigating up highlights the folder you came from

• Copy, move, delete with progress tracking and conflict resolution
• Multi-Rename Tool with regex find/replace, counters, and case conversion
• Archive support: ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TGZ (browse, extract, compress)
• Inline rename with smart extension selection (.tar.gz aware)
• Drag-and-drop between panels with copy/move support

• Substring, glob, and regex search modes with content search
• Clickable breadcrumb path navigation
• Type-ahead file search with visual indicator
• Folder size calculation on demand (Space key)
• Bookmarks and global history

• Dark and light theme with system preference detection
• 60+ file type icons with theme-aware color coding
• Customizable font size, row height, grid lines, compact mode
• Error boundaries for crash resilience
• Accessible: ARIA roles, keyboard navigation, screen reader support

• Full keyboard shortcut remapping via Settings
• Layout save/restore
• Favorites management
• Column reorder and resize

• Rust (latest stable)
• Node.js (v18+)
• pnpm (v10+)

git clone https://github.com/andrewhofmann/KrakenEgg.git
cd KrakenEgg/krakenegg-app

pnpm install
pnpm tauri dev

pnpm tauri build

The built .app bundle will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/.

# TypeScript unit tests (499 tests)
pnpm test

# Rust backend tests (109 tests)
cd src-tauri && cargo test --lib

All shortcuts are customizable via Settings > Shortcuts.

KrakenEgg/
└── krakenegg-app/              # Main Tauri application
    ├── src/                    # React frontend
    │   ├── components/         # UI components (20+)
    │   ├── hooks/              # useKeyboard, usePanelData
    │   ├── store/              # Zustand state management
    │   └── utils/              # Format, file icons
    ├── src-tauri/              # Rust backend
    │   └── src/
    │       ├── commands.rs     # Tauri IPC commands
    │       ├── archive.rs      # Archive operations
    │       ├── mrt.rs          # Multi-rename tool
    │       ├── app_state.rs    # Config persistence
    │       └── utils.rs        # File system utilities
    └── e2e/                    # E2E tests

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Andrew Hofmann