Explore Better v0.1.1

Explore Better v0.1.1

Current public Windows x64 patch release of Explore Better, a fast dual-pane file manager and reversible Explorer replacement.

Highlights

• Independent dual panes, tabs, history, filtering, layouts, previews, and keyboard workflows.
• Transactional copy, move, overwrite, sync, trash, undo, and crash recovery.
• Hierarchical Disk Map with logical/allocated sizing and nested treemap navigation.
• Bundled normal-user Go filesystem helper for fast Win32 browsing and exact allocation data.
• Explorer integration center with reversible current-user context-menu and folder handlers.
• Virtualized 100,000-entry folders with a verified 403.3 ms median first paint.

v0.1.1 Release Fixes

• Stabilized clean Windows CI execution and added current Node 24-compatible GitHub Actions.
• Isolated a Node/Windows fs.watch runner crash from server-owning CI smoke tests without changing normal app watcher behavior.
• Made the update-feed smoke derive a newer test version automatically.
• Rebuilt the installer and bundled native helper from the exact green-CI source revision.

Install

1. Download ExploreBetter-0.1.1-x64-setup.exe below.
2. Verify its SHA-256 against SHA256SUMS.txt.
3. Run the per-user installer. Administrator rights are not required for normal browsing.

Important Signing Notice

This public preview is not Authenticode-signed because no trusted production certificate is available. Windows SmartScreen may report an unrecognized app. Only continue through More info and Run anyway after verifying the SHA-256 checksum.

Verification

• Consolidated acceptance: 31 pass, 0 fail.
• Release readiness: 31 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail.
• Speed health: 173 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail.
• Public Windows CI: pass.
• Installer SHA-256: d30b6801a63bb1ce0c3609528a6e4e945f31bba307f69e78c6e8aa2d8e77a237.

Physical MTP phone/camera certification and trusted production signing remain outstanding external release proofs. Explorer integration is optional and reversible from the Integration Center.