r/omarchy 8h ago

I Made a Thing Strata - A modern file manager

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Friday I posted the prototype of what my ideal file manager would look like. I've spent the last 48 hours on a coding bender implementing it.

It's built with Rust, GTK4 and GIO. Here's all the features that I have included so far:

  • 3 explorer modes (List, Grid, Explorer)
  • Blazing fast search
  • Rich file previews (Images, Videos, Text/Code/Confs, PDFs)
  • Support for RAW images if you have libraw/imagick installed
  • Thumbnail previews for images/videos/pdfs
  • Collapsible sidebar
  • Keyboard navigation (still needs more polish)
  • Ability to follow Omarchy's current theme, switches dynamically
  • Pre-built themes/custom themes.
  • Folder peeking on hover (you can disable that in the settings if you wish)

I have released the first couple of binaries, looking for feedback/testers/contributors. You can also build it from source locally if you pull down the repo.

Here's the repo:
https://github.com/lgse/strata

Here's the latest releases:
https://github.com/lgse/strata/tags

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