File manager for macOS, Windows and Linux
aFinder brings back the Windows XP Luna look and pairs it with what a file manager needs today: tabs, up to four panes, instant search through every subfolder, virtual folders, and Claude Code running right next to your files.
Work in two folders at once without juggling windows.
Every tab keeps its own folder, history, filter, sort order and grouping. Split the window into up to four panes, size them freely and drag tabs between them, or into another aFinder window entirely.
Type, and the list answers before you finish the word.
The filter ignores case and diacritics and underlines what matched. Turn on Subfolders and it searches the whole tree below the current folder in a background process, breadth first, with results appearing as they are found and a Location column to tell them apart. Fuzzy mode matches letters in order, gaps allowed.
Sort a messy folder without moving a single file.
Group any folder, or any search result, by year, month, week or day of change, by kind, extension or size. Groups collapse with a click, and a double-click opens one as a virtual folder of its own, right in the address bar.
Folder sizes are computed recursively in the background, cached, and kept current as files change.
Point an agent at a folder and watch its changes land in the list.
The AI Agent panel starts Claude Code, Codex or your shell in the current folder. The Terminal button opens a shell there too, inside aFinder. Sessions get their own tabs, keep running when the panel is hidden, and the file list updates as the agent writes. Drop files on the panel to paste their quoted paths.
PATH and aliases match your terminalnode-pty and xterm.js
Luna is the default. The other nine are a click away under Theme, and aFinder remembers your choice.
Luna blue title bar, beige window face and Tahoma. The default.
Finder conventions on the Mac, Explorer conventions on Windows and Linux. No Ctrl+Alt combinations, so AltGr layouts keep working.
| Action | macOS | Windows and Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Filter | ⌘F | CtrlF |
| Search in subfolders | ⌥⌘F | CtrlShiftF |
| Back / Forward | ⌘[ ⌘] | Alt← Alt→ |
| Up one level | ⌘↑ | Alt↑ |
| New folder | ⇧⌘N | CtrlShiftN |
| Rename | F2 | F2 |
| Move to Trash | ⌘⌫ | Delete |
| Paste and move | ⌥⌘V | CtrlShiftV |
| Duplicate | ⌘D | CtrlD |
| Copy path | ⌥⌘C | CtrlShiftC |
| Show hidden files | ⇧⌘. | CtrlH |
| New tab / Close tab | ⌘T ⌘W | CtrlT CtrlW |
| Split panes | ⌘\ | Ctrl\ |
| Copy / Move to other pane | F5 F6 | F5 F6 |
| New window | ⌘N | CtrlN |
| Integrated terminal | ⇧⌘T | CtrlShiftT |
| AI Agent panel | ⌃` | Ctrl` |
aFinder is built for macOS first and behaves like a native citizen on Windows and Linux too.
| macOS | Windows | Linux | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder tree roots | / (Macintosh HD) | Drives C:\, D:\ … | / |
| Places | Desktop, Documents, Downloads, home, Applications, volumes | The same, plus every drive | The same, plus /media, /run/media, /mnt |
| File clipboard | Finder | Explorer | text/uri-list |
| Main modifier | ⌘ | Ctrl | Ctrl |
| Package | .dmg, Apple silicon and Intel | Installer, x64 and Arm | AppImage and .deb, x64 and Arm |
Version 0.1.0 · Choose the installer for your computer.
These installers are unsigned, so your operating system may show a security warning. The Windows build is older and may not include all features shown above.