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Explore Better v0.1.3

Explore Better now includes a real integrated terminal for every file tab. Terminal sessions are lazy, remain alive while tabs are switched, start in the tab's current folder, and can be shown independently beneath both file panes.

Highlights

  • Per-tab xterm.js terminals backed by Windows ConPTY through node-pty.
  • Independently resizable terminal drawers for the left and right panes.
  • PowerShell 7, Windows PowerShell, and Command Prompt profile discovery.
  • Idle-only folder following with safely quoted paths and queued navigation.
  • Search, clear, restart, external launch, open-folder, drag-and-drop quoting, themes, cursor, font, and scrollback controls.
  • Optional one-session administrator terminals through UAC while the main app remains non-elevated.
  • Full terminal cleanup on tab close, window close, renderer failure, and app exit.
  • Fixed the Electron Object has been destroyed shutdown crash.
  • Fixed the folder double-click race caused by inspector expansion and auto-refresh.
  • Faster initial rendering and cache-aware large-folder startup.

Install

  1. Download ExploreBetter-0.1.3-x64-setup.exe below.

  2. Download SHA256SUMS.txt from this release.

  3. Verify the installer in PowerShell:

    Get-FileHash .\ExploreBetter-0.1.3-x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

  4. Confirm that the result is:

    0e1b07597edf420e6b8c9a05e9af579d10dfdcf5ef4c1eeb040f3a9be6b5234f

  5. Run the per-user installer. Normal browsing and terminals do not require the main application to run as administrator.

Verification

  • Full local acceptance: 33 pass, 0 fail.
  • Speed health: 173 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail.
  • Terminal UI: 14 pass, 0 fail.
  • Packaged terminal: 11 pass, 0 fail.
  • Landing page: 38 pass, 0 fail.
  • Release readiness: 31 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail.
  • Fresh Windows CI: pass.
  • Tagged attested release workflow: pass.

Signing Notice

This public preview is not Authenticode-signed because a trusted production certificate is not yet available. Windows SmartScreen may show an unknown-publisher warning. Verify the SHA-256 value above before deciding whether to continue. The tagged build has GitHub build-provenance attestation, and production-signing-latest.md records the current signing status.

Trusted production signing and physical MTP phone/camera certification remain external release proofs.

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