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Fast File Explorer

This is a fast file explorer written in Rust. After testing on my C drive, this file explorer was able to find a file in 280ms. In comparison, Windows took 3 minutes and 45 seconds.

Before contributing please read the contributing guidelines.

Supported operating systems

  • Windows

There are some issues with Linux and Mac but we shall work on these soon.

Bear in mind this is still in development and missing the following core features:

  • Caching service (constant file watching to keep cache up to date) - only works when program is open
  • Top navigation bar
  • Search/caching progress counter
  • Ability to search for file extensions without including any name
  • Ability to copy/cut/paste files
  • Ability to move files
  • Ability to create files

Fast Search Feature

Dev Setup/Installation

Prerequisites

  • Stable NodeJS Install
  • Stable Rust Install
  • Yarn installation (npm i -g yarn)

Steps

#  Make sure you have Tauri CLI installed
cargo install tauri-cli

# Install dependencies
yarn

# Run app for development
cargo tauri dev

# Build for production
cargo tauri build