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A small app with big plans / v0.1.0

Your files.
A happier place.

A fast, friendly file manager with two panes, SFTP,
and just the right amount of cat energy.

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Free & open source · Apple Silicon · Early preview

Less window juggling. More getting things done.
PawCommander on macOS: project folders in a grid on the left, assets in a list on the right, and an image preview.
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A good little work companion

Less friction.
More flow.

Your projects here. Your server there.
Everything you need, comfortably within reach.

Two panes. One happy brain.

Keep source and destination side by side. Tabs, breadcrumbs, and list or grid views help you stay in your flow.

Your server feels closer.

Browse and transfer files over SFTP in either pane. Host-key verification and OS credential storage keep connections explicit.

Keep your paws on the keys.

Jump to a path, open a tab, filter files, or send them to Zed. Familiar shortcuts keep little tasks feeling little.

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Growing, one paw at a time

A little today.
A lot ahead.

PawCommander is young and actively evolving. Here’s where we want to take it—with your help.

Help choose what comes next

Our development roadmap, summarized from Linear.

Plans, not promises. Priorities may change; no release dates are committed.

01A foundation you can trustIn development

Making everyday file operations more resilient, transparent, and comfortable.

  • A unified operations center, clearer conflicts, and results history
  • Safer cancellation, recovery, and handling of partial failures
  • Better clipboard behavior, folder refresh, and accessibility

Some pieces are in progress or review. The full milestone is not yet released.

02Everyday ease & smarter searchPlanned

Less hunting, more finding. A workspace that remembers how you like to work.

  • Command palette, path completion, and saved workspaces
  • Recursive search without an external index and content search
  • Batch renaming, flexible panels, and richer folder views
03Peek inside, without the detourPlanned

Bring more file types into the same calm workspace.

  • Browse, create, and selectively extract ZIP and TAR archives
  • Richer code, Markdown, PDF, and table previews
  • Quick Look-style viewing and careful handling of large files
04Make remote work feel localPlanned

More capable connections and a closer link to your development tools.

  • SSH config, ProxyJump, and reconnecting after interruptions
  • Transfer pause, resume, and bandwidth controls
  • Terminal integration, Git status, and more external editors
05Compare. Preview. Keep in sync.Planned

Know what will change before you ask PawCommander to change it.

  • File and folder comparison
  • Previewable one-way synchronization, then two-way sync
  • Reusable profiles and explicit conflict handling
06More places. More possibilities.Exploring

Let real needs guide what grows beyond the core experience.

  • Explore SMB, WebDAV, S3, and cloud storage based on demand
  • Extensions, more languages, and portable settings
  • Broader platform testing, easier installation, and verifiable updates

Built in the open, better together

Your ideas are
very welcome here.

Found a rough edge? Missing your favorite shortcut? Have a tiny idea or a big one? Tell us. Bug reports, feature requests, code, docs, and translations all help this little project grow.

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A new friend
for your files.

Free to download. Free to explore. Yours to make better.

PawCommander 0.1.0 Public preview
Download for Apple Silicon

macOS 11+ · M-series Macs · 6.5 MB ZIP

Unzip, drag into Applications, and open.
This preview is not Apple-notarized. macOS may ask for an extra first-launch step.

First-launch instructions
Release notes & checksums·Build from source

Tested on macOS 27.0.1. Older macOS versions are not manually verified. Intel, Windows, and Linux currently require a source build.

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