Radix 1.1.0

Overview

v1.1.0 celebrates the second stable release of Radix! This release includes usability, reliability, and performance improvements across the board. It makes large scans faster to browse, improves scan correctness around edge cases, adds Quick Look previews, and tightens up the code base. See the full commit history between v1.0.0 and v1.1.0 for a detailed development log.

Download Radix v1.1.0 for macOS 26.0+ (universal binary for Intel and Apple silicon systems). Please note: This build of Radix is not signed, so you'll need to manually allow it to run on your device (System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway).

Highlights

• Added Quick Look previews so files can be previewed directly from Radix.
• Improved browsing performance for large scans by flattening file tree storage and reducing recursive tree work.
• Made entire-scan search faster by lazily building the search index and caching normalized search text.
• Made scan results more correct in edge cases, including empty directories, hidden-file summaries, summarized directory progress, and warning deduplication.
• Made scans more resilient when child metadata lookup fails.
• Improved error reporting for scan failures, filesystem fallbacks, scanner invariant failures, and macOS file actions.
• Made sunburst selection immediate and clarified when sunburst depth settings apply.

Fixes

• Preserved scans when individual child metadata reads fail.
• Avoided scanning mounted volumes from the startup root.
• Respected hidden file settings in summary calculations.
• Preserved empty directories in the scan tree.
• Deduplicated warnings after subtree expansion.
• Corrected file browser and update menu icons.
• Separated scan error alerts from file action error alerts.